Pteropus poliocephalus
Grey-headed Flying-fox at O'Connor, ACT
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| Pteropus poliocephalus | 19 Dec 2016 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Pteropus poliocephalus | 7 Dec 2016 | ibaird |
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Admittedly very poor digital images taken at dusk looking SSW from 15 Fairfax Street, O'Connor. Three individuals captured in the first image. Direction of flight is NNW towards Bruce Ridge and the Belconnen area generally. Three nights previously (4/12/16) at dusk over a period of approximately half an hour 82 flying foxes were counted flying across this same field of view.. These flying foxes are presumably dispersing at dusk from the Commonwealth Park flying fox camp heading to the northern suburbs to feed.
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MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
20 Dec 2016
I've confirmed this, but amended the count to 82 to reflect the size of the "flock".
Location information
- Coordinates 149.113303-35.259560
- Altitude 599.9m
- Places O'Connor, ACT
Sighting information
- 82 Abundance
- 7 Dec 2016 08:46 PM Recorded on
- ibaird Recorded by
- Unknown Gender
Collections
- ibaird Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr ACT threatened species Pteropus poliocephalus Flying Foxes & Other Megabats Bats Mammals
Species information
- Pteropus poliocephalus Scientific name
- Grey-headed Flying-fox Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Vulnerable *
- Non-invasive or negligible
- -0.66m to 802.28m Recorded at altitude
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