Listening northward: first evidence of Cormura brevirostris (Wagner, 1843) (Emballonuridae, Chiroptera) in Honduras

Acoustic methods have revolutionized the study of bats in the Neotropics, but they have not been widely used in Central America. This is partly due to a lack of funding for recording equipment, training limitations, and the absence of open-source repositories of verified voucher reference files. Since 2020, passive acoustic surveys have been conducted throughout Honduras, providing new insights into ecological, relative abundance, and distribution of several species. Based on two recent exploratory passive acoustic surveys in southeastern Honduras, Cormura brevirostris (Wagner, 1843), Emballonuridae, is reported for the first time in this country, extending its known range approximately 160 km north of the previous record in Nicaragua.