Pteropus poliocephalus
2 Grey-headed Flying-fox at Hughes, ACT
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| Pteropus poliocephalus | 30 Jan 2020 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Pteropus poliocephalus | 29 Jan 2020 | JonSteinbeck |
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User's notes
Sorry, this is from December last year, I am catching up with some photos I have. One night I heard some flying foxes outside and was able to get this photograph. They were in the tops of our trees and flew off as I approached, despite them being so high in the trees. At the same time I could see other flying foxes flying above our neighbourhood.
3 comments
MPennay
wrote:
30 Jan 2020
The tree is in flower, do you know the species? It's good to know what species they feed on.
MPennay
wrote:
30 Jan 2020
Thanks, that's interesting, mugga often flower in winter, but it's a very odd season. They have high nectar and the bats have fed on them other years.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.098118-35.333287
- Places Hughes, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 Abundance
- 2 Dec 2019 09:47 PM Recorded on
- JonSteinbeck Recorded by
Collections
- 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
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