Pteropus poliocephalus
1 Grey-headed Flying-fox at Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
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| Pteropus poliocephalus | 25 Apr 2024 | DonFletcher | ||
| Pteropus poliocephalus | 25 Apr 2024 | CarbonAI | ||
| Pteropus poliocephalus | 25 Apr 2024 | LisaH |
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User's notes
While noisy minors aren't my favourite birds, their 'alert alert' calls have led me to some interesting finds. Late this afternoon, their congregated calls led me to this grey-headed bat - which I think is a female, carefully protecting a pup in her membranous wings?
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.090246-35.327100
- Maps Hughes Grassy Woodland Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
- Places Hughes, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 25 Apr 2024 06:31 PM Recorded on
- LisaH Recorded by
- Female Gender
- Dependent young Breeding behaviour
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- LisaH 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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