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Grey-headed Flying-fox
(Pteropus poliocephalus)
Recorded from within a flying-fox colony.
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The Grey-headed Flying-fox is listed as a vulnerable species
under both Commonwealth & NSW legislation (2001).

Population estimates indicate a 30% decline 1990-2000.

There were many millions in 1930's and less than 450,000 in 2004.

 




Why are bats important?

  • Nectar and fruit feeding bats are vital to forest regeneration as pollinators and dispersers of rainforest seeds.
  • Insect-eating bats play an important role in the natural control of insect populations.

 

 

Why have they declined?

  • Loss of habitat due to clearing of native vegetation
  • Disturbance and removal of camps
  • Shooting as a crop protection measure
  • Electrocution on power lines
  • Entanglement in incorrectly netted backyard fruit trees

 

 

How can bats be conserved?

  • Protect their camp sites.
  • Protect their food resources.
  • Sustainably manage our ecological systems of which they are an integral part.

 

 

Who is the Ku-ring-gai Bat Conservation Society?

  • KBCS Inc. is a non profit community organization working for the conservation of all bat species especially the Grey-headed Flying-fox.
  • The continued work of KBCS Inc. is reliant on receiving government grants and public donations.

 

 

What can you do to conserve bats?

  • Join Ku-ring-gai Bat Conservation Society Inc. and receive the Friends of Bats newsletter.
  • If you live in Sydney you can:
    • Help with the habitat restoration project.
    • Help with the community education program.
    • Give a tax deductible donation to the Bat Conservation Gift Fund.

     

 

Last modified by Helen Logie on 2007/04/21.

 


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Grey-Headed Flying-Fox
© Vivien Jones

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Microbat
© KBCS

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Ku-ring-gai
Flying-Fox Reserve
© KBCS

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