#0284 · 🦊 mammals

Grey-headed Flying-fox

🇳🇱 Grijskopvleerhond ·Pteropus poliocephalus

VUvulnerable 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Jack Morgan · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Wayne Deeker · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Wayne Deeker · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Paul Hocksenar · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
6. © Pierre Pouliquin · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Marj Kibby · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Paislie Hadley · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

what is it?

The grey-headed flying fox ( Pteropus poliocephalus ) is a megabat native to Australia. The species shares mainland Australia with three other members of the genus Pteropus : the little red flying fox ( P. scapulatus ), the spectacled flying fox ( P. conspicillatus ), and the black flying fox ( P. alecto ).

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 8,179iNaturalist observations
threat VUvulnerable

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
8,179 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1825 (201 years ago).
Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.