The spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus), also known as the spectacled fruit bat, is a megabat that lives in Australia's north-eastern regions of Queensland. It is also found in New Guinea and on the offshore islands including Woodlark Island, …

The spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus), also known as the spectacled fruit bat, is a megabat that lives in Australia's north-eastern regions of Queensland. It is also found in New Guinea and on the offshore islands including Woodlark Island, …

Spectacled Flying-foxes are endangered to loss of feeding areas from forestry operations, clearing of native vegetation and land degradation from agriculture.

Spectacled flying-foxes have the smallest known distribution and population of the four Australian mainland Pteropus flying-foxes. Every summer for more than 30 years, Wildlife Queensland’s Batty Boat Cruises have introduced thousands of people to the fascinating world of flying-foxes.

Read about Pteropus conspicillatus (spectacled flying fox) on the Animal Diversity Web.

Spectacled flying-foxes are specialist fruit-eaters that feed mostly on rainforest fruits. They also appear to favour nectar and pollen of eucalypt blossoms. They provide pollination and disperse seeds to at least 26 species of rainforest canopy trees.

2024年9月9日 · The spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus), also known as the spectacled fruit bat, is a megabat that lives in Australia's north-eastern regions of Queensland. It is also found in New Guinea and on the offshore islands including Woodlark Island, Alcester Island, Kiriwina, and Halmahera.

Spectacled Flying foxes are highly mobile and have complex and irregular movement patterns primarily determined by seasonal nectar flows. This characteristic makes estimating population size a difficult task.

The Spectacled Flying-fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) is a large fruit bat which is also called the Spectacled Fruit Bat, or Spectacled Bat. It lives on the islands of Woodlark, Alcester, Kiriwina, and Halmahera in New Guinea, and is also found in Queensland Australia.

The Spectacled Flying Fox is a very dark coloured large bat with light brown fur around the eyes like spectacles. Roosts in tall trees in swamps and rainforests. Colonies may have thousands of bats. The bats leave the colony at dusk to feed at night. blossoms of rainforest trees. Also feeds on cultivated plants such as mangoes.