Pteropus poliocephalus

1 Grey-headed Flying-fox at Macarthur, ACT

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Identification history

	Pteropus poliocephalus	20 Oct 2019	MPennay
	Pteropus poliocephalus	20 Oct 2019	RodDeb

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What happens when a Grey-headed Flying Fox roosts too close to a Currawong nest. Another show of what happens in nature. Reported to ACT Wildlife (WIRES) Kambah but as the animal was not injured and was too high up in the tree there was not much to do, told it would fly off when dark. The Flying Fox has now gone further up the tree and is not being harassed as much by the Currawongs. Just checked and no sign of it now it is dark.

2 comments

LisaH wrote:

21 Oct 2019

Fingers crossed! Fantastic photos!

RodDeb wrote:

21 Oct 2019

thanks, yep looks like it has flown off to another place, hopefully it will be okay.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.131051 -35.407820
Altitude 667.9m
Places Macarthur, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
20 Oct 2019 04:06 PM Recorded on
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RodDeb Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr ACT threatened species 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
174 images trained Machine learning
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