Pteropus poliocephalus
1 Grey-headed Flying-fox at Jerrabomberra, NSW
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| Pteropus poliocephalus | 17 Mar 2022 | BelindaWilson | ||
| Pteropus poliocephalus | 17 Mar 2022 | SteveBorkowskis |
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3 comments
MPennay
wrote:
17 Mar 2022
Thanks for logging this sighting it's always interesting to see where the flying foxes are going to feed away from the camp at Commonwealth park. Do you know the tree type?
SteveBorkowskis
wrote:
17 Mar 2022
Hi MPennay, it’s an Oak tree that they hang in, but they steal fruit (usually stone fruit) from somewhere in the neighborhood and this seems to be their safe place to eat. They’ve been coming here for the past 3 years, I only ever see two or three at a time, quite often they’re squabbling and that draws my attention to them.
MPennay
wrote:
18 Mar 2022
Thanks for the info Steve, sometimes there have been reports of them licking sticky substances from oak tree leaf in the Canberra region, if you notice them doing that it'd be great to document. Squabbling seems to be a favourite flying fox pastime!
Location information
- Places Jerrabomberra, NSW
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- SteveBorkowskis Recorded by
- Alive / healthy Animal health
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- SteveBorkowskis 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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