Species Syconycteris australis (Peters, 1867)
Common Blossom-bat, Eastern Blossom Bat
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
New Guinea.
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Closed forest, coastal, mellivore, subtropical.
General References
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
Geiser, F., Cockburn, D.K., Körtner, G. & Law, B.S. 1996. Thermoregulation, energy metabolism, and topor in blossom-bats, Syconycteris australis (Megachiroptera). Journal of Zoology, London 239: 583-590
Hill, J.E. 1983. Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Indo-Australia. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zool. 45: 103-208
Kitchener, D.J., Packer, W.C. & Maryanto, I. 1994. Morphological variation in Maluku populations of Syconycteris australis (Peters, 1867) (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 16: 485-498
Koopman, K.F. 1979. Zoogeography of mammals from islands off the northeastern coast of New Guinea. American Museum Novitates 2690: 1-17
Koopman, K.F. 1982. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 109 Bats from eastern Papua and the east Papuan Islands. American Museum Novitates 2747: 1-34
Koopman, K.F. 1984. Taxonomic and distributional notes on tropical Australian bats. American Museum Novitates 2778: 1-48
Law, B.S. 1992. Physiological factors affecting pollen use by Queensland blossom bats (Syconycteris australis). Functional Ecology 6: 257-264
Law, B.S. 1992. The maintenance nitrogen requirements of the Queensland blossom bat (Syconycteris australis) on a sugar/pollen diet: is nitrogen a limiting resource? Physiological Zoology 65: 634-648
Law, B.S. 1993. Roosting and foraging ecology of the Queensland blossom bat (Syconycteris australis) in north-eastern New South Wales: flexibility in response to seasonal variation. Wildlife Research 20: 419-431
Law, B.S. 1993. Sugar preferences of the Queensland blossom bat, Syconycteris australis: a pilot study. Australian Mammalogy 16: 17-21
Law, B.S. 1994. Banksia nectar and pollen; dietary items affecting the abundance of the common blossom bat, Syconycteris australis, in southeastern Australia. Australian Journal of Ecology 19: 425-434
Law, B.S. 1994. Climatic limitation of the southern distribution of the common blossom bat Syconycteris australis in New South Wales. Australian Journal of Ecology 19: 366-374
Law, B.S. 1995. The effect of energy supplementation on the local abundance of the common blossom bat, Syconycteris australis, in south-eastern Australia. Oikos 72: 42-50
Law, B.S. 1997. The lunar cycle influences time of roost departure in the common blossum bat, Syconycteris australis. Australian Mammalogy 20: 21-24
Law, B.S. & Spencer, H.J. 1995. Common Blossom-bat Syconycteris australis. pp. 423-425 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.
Lawrence, M.A. 1991. Biological observations on a collection of New Guinea Syconycteris australis (Chiroptera, Pteropodidae) in the American Museum of Natural History. American Museum Novitates 3024: 1-27
McKean, J.L. & Hamilton-Smith, E. 1967. Litter size and maternity sites in Australian bats (Chiroptera). Victorian Naturalist 84: 203-206
Nelson, J.E. 1964. Notes on Syconycteris australis, Peters, 1867 (Megachiroptera). Mammalia 28: 429-432 pl. 21
Smith, J.D. & Hood, C.S. 1981. Preliminary notes on bats from the Bismarck Archipelago (Mammalia: Chiroptera). Science in New Guinea 8: 81-121
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
Sussman, R.W. & Raven, P.H. 1978. Pollination by lemurs and marsupials: an archaic coevolutionary system. Science (Washington, D.C.) 200: 731-736
Woodside, D.p. & Pyke, G.H. 1995. A comparison of bats and birds as pollinators of Banksia integrifolia in northern New South Wales, Australia. Australian Mammalogy 18: 9-18
Common Name References
ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Common Blossom-bat, Eastern Blossom Bat)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12-Dec-2022 | CHIROPTERA | 12-Dec-2022 | MOVED | |
| 04-Dec-2018 | CHIROPTERA | 31-May-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 17-Nov-2010 | 17-Nov-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 04-Dec-2018 | 17-Nov-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |