Pteropus poliocephalus
1 Grey-headed Flying-fox at Parkes, ACT
Identify this sighting
| Pteropus poliocephalus | 27 Jan 2019 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Pteropus poliocephalus | 25 Jan 2019 | JonSteinbeck |
Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.
User's notes
Sorry, I was on my way to work so I only had a point-and-shoot camera so the photos are not great. There were at least 100 of these flying foxes flying around these trees with some of the animals landing in the upper parts of the trees. I think I could identify some lighter coloured young in the photos. This is the first time I have seen the flying foxes active here at 7:30 AM even though I cycle past here every weekday. The noise made them very obvious. There were a lot of preparations for Australia Day happening around them and it was about 18 degrees at that time so unsure if those factors had disturbed them.
Be the first to comment
Location information
- Coordinates 149.132388-35.289796
- Maps Commonwealth & Kings Parks Mount Ainslie to Black Mountain
- Places Parkes, ACT
Sighting information
- 100 Abundance
- 25 Jan 2019 07:24 AM Recorded on
- JonSteinbeck Recorded by
Collections
- My flagged sightings BIrdsinCanberra 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
- External link More information
Record quality
Quality score
5 / 7
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- Description
- GPS evidence of location
- Additional attributes