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MatthewFrawley wrote:
36 min ago
Cool, thanks for the ID @MPennay 👍
Pteropus alecto
MPennay wrote:
3 hrs ago
Not spectacled in NSW. Black flying foxes P.alecto also have these reddish face masks and are quite common
Pteropus alecto
HelenCross wrote:
25 Mar 2025
Glad you'd had your fill and there was enough for the flying foxes Lisa :)
Pteropus poliocephalus
MPennay wrote:
6 Jan 2025
These are black flying foxes
Pteropus alecto
RogerF wrote:
25 Apr 2024
Wrong image
Pteropus poliocephalus

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Pteropus alecto at Evans Head, NSW

Pteropus poliocephalus at Evans Head, NSW

Pteropus conspicillatus at Evans Head, NSW

Pteropodidae (family)

Pteropus poliocephalus at Turner, ACT

Pteropus poliocephalus at Turner, ACT

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