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Spectacled Flying Fox

Pteropus conspicillatus

Photo by Dave Koch
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Tropical rainforest, plantations and coastal woodlands east coast of Australia

Notes:

This famous colony in Abbott & Lake Streets Cairns Queensland is to be moved on. The roosting trees along the Cairns CBD streets have been removed.

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Comments (2)
Dave Koch
There is a Facebook page following the fortunes of this flying fox colony - https://www.facebook.com/flyingfoxforum
Maria dB
Impressive group - have they already gone somewhere else?
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PublishedJuly 9, 2014

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