Pteropus poliocephalus
Grey-headed Flying-fox at Stirling, ACT
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| Pteropus poliocephalus | DonFletcher | 7 Sep 2020 | |
| Pteropus poliocephalus | EcolCara37 | 7 Sep 2020 | |
| Pteropus poliocephalus | BenW | 3 Jun 2020 | |
| Pteropus scapulatus | MichaelMulvaney | 22 May 2020 | |
| Unverified | dstirzaker | 16 May 2020 |
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User's notes
We have a little red flying fox in our front garden. Arrived here 2 days ago. Has been attacked by a currawong on occassion. Disappeared yesterday but back today.
2 comments
23 May 2020
How sure are you it was a little red and not grey headed flying fox? It's difficult to confirm ID as little red flying fox from the pics, in at least one it looks like the collar is red but the back dark like on great headed flying fox which are generally the main flying fox we see in Canberra.
3 Jun 2020
Looks more like a grey-headed flying fox to me, as the neck seems to be too light for little red and it seems to have a dark grey/black head in the first picture.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.052820-35.345199
- Places Stirling, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 16 May 2020 03:17 PM Recorded on
- dstirzaker Recorded by
- Unknown Gender
Collections
- dstirzaker 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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