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MatthewFrawley
wrote:
12 Jul 2025
Cool, thanks for the ID @
MPennay
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Pteropus alecto
MPennay
wrote:
12 Jul 2025
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 scapulatus
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Pteropus poliocephalus
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