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Species Pteropus poliocephalus Temminck, 1825

Grey-headed Flying-fox

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Occasional individuals found on islands in Bass Strait.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Flinders (FLI), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, coastal, gregarious, mellivore, subtropical, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Arboreal roosts, partial winter migration.

 

General References

Aston, H.I. 1987. Influx of the grey-headed flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) to the Melbourne area, Victoria, in 1986. Victorian Naturalist 104: 9-13

Bartholomew, G.A., Leitner, P. & Nelson, J.E. 1964. Body temperature, oxygen consumption, and heart rate in three species of Australian flying foxes. Physiological Zoology 37: 179-198

Birt, P., Hall, L.S. & Smith, G.C. 1997. Ecomorphology of the tongues of Australian Megachiroptera (Chiroptera: Pteropidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 45: 369-384

Calford, M.B., Wise, L.Z. & Pettigrew, J.D. 1985. Audiogram of the grey-headed flying-fox, Pteropus poliocephalus (Megachiroptera: Pteropidae). Australian Mammalogy 8: 309-312

Crowley, G.V. & Hall, L.S. 1994. Histological observations on the wing of the grey-headed flying fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 42: 215-231

Eby, P. 1991. Seasonal movements of grey-headed flying-foxes, Pteropus poliocephalus (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae), from two maternity camps in northern New South Wales. Wildlife Research 18: 547-559

Eby, P. 1998. An analysis of diet specialization in frugivorous Pteropus poliocephalus (Megachiroptera) in Australian subtropical rainforest. Australian Journal of Ecology 23: 443-456

Falkingham, C. 1995. Grey-headed flying fox. Victorian Naturalist 112: 102-104

Hall, L.S. 1987. Identification, distribution and taxonomy of Australian flying-foxes (Chiroptera: Pteropidae). Australian Mammalogy 10: 75-80

Lanza, B. 1969. The baculum of Pteropus and its significance for the phylogenesis of the genus (Mammalia, Megachiroptera). Monitore Zoologico Italiano ns, suppl. 3: 37-68

Martin, L., Towers, P.A., McGuckin, M.A., Little, L., Luckoff, H. & Blackshaw, A.W. 1987. Reproductive biology of flying-foxes (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae). Australian Mammalogy 10: 115-118

McGuckin, M.A. & Blackshaw, A.W. 1987. Cycle of the seminferous epithelium in the grey-headed fruit bat, Pteropus poliocephalus. Australian Journal of Biological Sciences 40: 203-210

McGuckin, M.A. & Blackshaw, A.W. 1987. Seasonal changes in spermatogenesis (including germ cell degeneration and plasma testosterone concentration) in the grey-headed fruit bat, Pteropus poliocephalus. Australian Journal of Biological Sciences 40: 211-220

McGuckin, M.A. & Blackshaw, A.W. 1991. Seasonal changes in testicular size, plasma testosterone concentration and body weight in captive flying foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus and P. scapulatus). Journal of Reproduction and Fertility 92: 339-346

McGuckin, M.A. & Blackshaw, A.W. 1992. Effects of photoperiod on the reproductive physiology of male flying foxes. Pteropus poliocephalus. Reproduction, Fertility and Development 4: 43-53

McKean, J.L. & Hamilton-Smith, E. 1967. Litter size and maternity sites in Australian bats (Chiroptera). Victorian Naturalist 84: 203-206

McWilliam, A.N. 1986. The feeding ecology of Pteropus in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia. Myotis 24: 201-208

McWilliam, A.N. 1986. The feeding ecology of Pteropus in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia. Myotis 23-24: 201-208

Menkhorst, P.W. & Dixon, J.M. 1985. Influxes of the grey-headed flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus (Chiroptera: Pteropidae) to Victoria in 1981 and 1982. Australian Mammalogy 8: 117-121

Messer, M. & Parry-Jones, K. 1997. Milk composition in the grey-headed flying-fox, Pteropus poliocephalus (Pteropidae: Chiroptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 45: 65-73

Mickleburgh, S.P., Hutson, A.M. & Racey, P.A. (Compilers) 1992. Old World Fruit Bats: An action plan for their conservation. Gland : IUCN 252 pp.

Morrison, P. 1959. Body temperature in some Australian mammals. 1. Chiroptera. Biological Bulletin. Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole) 116: 484-497

Nelson, J.E. 1964. Vocal communication in Australian flying foxes (Pteropodidae; Megachiroptera). Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie 21: 857-870

Nelson, J.E. 1965. Behaviour of Australian Pteropodidae (Megachiroptera). Animal Behaviour 13: 544-557 pls 7-9

Nelson, J.E. 1965. Movements of Australian flying foxes (Pteropodidae: Megachiroptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 13: 53-73

Parry-Jones, K. 1987. Pteropus poliocephalus (Chiroptera: Pteropidae) in New South Wales. Australian Mammalogy 10: 81-85

Parry-Jones, K. & Augee, M.L. 1991. Food selection by grey-headed flying-foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus) occupying a summer colony site near Gosford, New South Wales. Wildlife Research 18: 111-124

Parry-Jones, K.A. & Augee, M.L. 2001. Factors affecting the occupation of a colony site in Sydney, New South Wales by the grey-headed flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus (Pteropodidae). Austral Ecology 26: 47-55

Ratcliffe, F.N. 1931. The flying fox (Pteropus) in Australia. Bulletin of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Australia 53: 1-81

Ryan, P.A., Martin, L., Mackenzie, J.S. & Kay, B.H. 1997. Investigation of gray-headed flying foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus) (Megachiroptera: Pteropidae) and mosquitoes in the ecology of Ross River virus in Australia. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 57: 476-482

Steller, D.C. 1986. The dietary energy and nitrogen requirements of the grey-headed flying-fox, Pteropus poliocephalus (Temminck)(Megachiroptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 34: 339-349

Stephan, H., Nelson, J.E. & Frahm, H.D. 1981. Brain size comparison in Chiroptera. Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung 19: 195-222

Stephan, H. & Nelson, J.E. 1981. Brains of Australian Chiroptera 1. Encephalization and macromorphology. Australian Journal of Zoology 29: 653-670

Tedman, R.A. & Hall, L.S. 1985. The absorptive surface area of the small intestine of Pteropus poliocephalus (Megachiroptera: Pteropidae): an important factor in rapid food transit? Australian Mammalogy 8: 271-278

Tedman, R.A. & Hall, L.S. 1985. The morphology of the gastrointestinal tract and food transit time in the fruit bats Pteropus alecto and P. poliocephalus (Megachiroptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 33: 625-640

Thomas, S.P., Follette, D.B. & Thomas, G.S. 1995. Metabolic and ventilatory adjustments and tolerance of the bat Pteropus poliocephalus to acute hypoxic stress. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A 112: 43-54

Tidemann, C.R. 1995. Grey-headed Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus. pp. 439-441 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Tidemann, C.R. & Nelson, J.E. 2004. Long-distance movements of the grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus). Journal of Zoology, London 263: 141-146

Towers, P.A. & Martin, L. 1985. Some aspects of female reproduction in the grey-headed flying-fox, Pteropus poliocephalus (Megachiroptera: Pteropidae). Australian Mammalogy 8: 257-263

Webb, N.J. & Tideman, C.R. 1995. Hybridisation between black (Pteropus alecto) and grey-headed (P. poliocephalus) flying foxes (Megachiroptera: Pteropidae). Australian Mammalogy 1995: 19-26

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
12-Dec-2022 CHIROPTERA 12-Dec-2022 MOVED
17-Nov-2010 17-Nov-2010 MOVED
04-Dec-2018 17-Nov-2010 MOVED
12-Feb-2010 (import)