First Newfoundland record of the Hoary Bat, Lasiurus cinereus, with a discussion of other records of migratory tree bats in Atlantic Canada

Abstract

The Hoary Bat, Lasiurus cinereus, is recorded from Newfoundland for the first time. Fifteen New Brunswick and Nova Scotia records have been compiled. The species may be a regular, though rare, visitor or straggler in Canada's Atlantic Provinces. Some of the migratory bats occurring in the northeastern United States or in eastern Canada during late summer and fall may be "drift migrants".