Gray-headed Flying Fox
Pteropus poliocephalus Temminck, 1825
Also calledAustralianlenkko (fin) · Bozbaş Kanatayak (tur) · Flugfuchs (deu) · Graukopf-Flughund (deu) · Grijskopvleerhond (nld) · Gråhodeflygehund (nob) · Pteropo dalla testa grigia (ita) · Raposa-Voadora-Grisalha (por) · Renard volant à tête grise (fra) · Roussette a téte grise (fra) · Rudawka szarogłowa (pol) · Volpe volante dalla testa grigia (ita) · Zorro Volador de Cabeza Gris (spa) · kaloň australský (ces)
First described in: Monogr. Mamm. vol.1 p.179
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
conservation
Conservation: CITES – Appendix II. IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Not Threatened. IUCN 2003 – Lower Risk (lc).
Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae
discussion
Discussion: poliocephalus species group. See Webb and Tideman (1995) for discussion of cases of hybridization with alecto.
Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae
activity
Activity patterns. Gray-headed Flying Foxes are nocturnal. They leave roosts around dusk to forage and return around dawn. During the day, they rest at roost sites and exhibit typical pteropodine activity, such as wing fanning and occasional conspecific territorial interactions.
Pteropodidae
biology_ecology
Habitat. Historically forests and mangroves in coastal lowlands of south-eastern Australia, usually roosting near water in stands of forests of native species such as paperbark (Melaleuca spp., Myrtaceae) and Casuarina (Casuarinaceae) or cultivated species. The Gray-headed Flying Fox lives much further south than other species offlying foxes and can tolerate frosty temperatures. It can be found in botanical gardens in Melbourne, Australia, which is a 450 km extension ofits historic distribution. Urban development has made the area warmer and more humid, with high levels of precipitation, and has also brought more potential food sources due to cultivation of new trees and shrubs species that provide year-round foraging opportunities. Colonies are usually near a freshwater source.
Pteropodidae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5218655.