Pteropus alecto
Black Flying Fox at Evans Head, NSW
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| Pteropus alecto | 12 Jul 2025 | MPennay | ||
| Pteropus poliocephalus | 11 Jul 2025 | CarbonAI | ||
| Pteropus conspicillatus | 11 Jul 2025 | MatthewFrawley |
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MPennay
wrote:
12 Jul 2025
Not spectacled in NSW. Black flying foxes P.alecto also have these reddish face masks and are quite common
Location information
- Coordinates 153.434536-29.115109
- Places Evans Head, NSW
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- 7 Jul 2025 07:01 AM Recorded on
- MatthewFrawley Recorded by
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- MatthewFrawley NatureMapr New South Wales North Coast Pteropus alecto Flying Foxes & Other Megabats Bats Mammals
Species information
- Pteropus alecto Scientific name
- Black Flying Fox Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 70.75m Recorded at altitude
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