These large bats are vegetarians. Their diet is mainly nectar, pollen and fruit. While feeding they perform important ecological functions for the plants supplying their food.
By Mal. Graydon Department of Anatomy and Physiology Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (article first published in Friends of Bats newsletter No. 45 June 1997)
Lists based on food known to be eaten by Grey-headed Flying-foxes prepared by P. Eby. Species selected for Sydney region (Newcastle to Nowra, west to Great Dividing Range) as in Native Plants of the Sydney District by A. Fairley & P. Moore (1989).
A colour brochure on the Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus). Photography and design by Vivien Jones. Hard copies of these can be ordered through the KBCS.
The system described here is 100% effective against marauding Eastern Grey Kangaroos, Swamp Wallabies, Pademelons, Bandicoots, Possums, Currawongs, Bower Birds, Brush Turkeys, Magpies, Lyrebirds and, of course, Grey-headed flying-foxes! It also keeps out pesky bunnies!
