Emballonurid bats of the genus Centronycteris are rare and poorly represented in scientific collections and in the literature.We report the second record of Thomas's Shaggy bat Centronycteris centralis Thomas, 1912 for the Choco biogeographic region of Colombia and first one for the department of Chocó.This new record fills a large distributional gap of this species in western Colombia and backs the importance of the newly created AICOM Pacurita Chocó-Central where this specimen was collected.