Roosting colony of Black Flying Fox in Perrin Park, Brisbane, Australia, in late afternoon. Children in an adjacent playground can be heard also.
recorded 9 September 2018
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The black flying fox or black fruit bat (Pteropus alecto) is a bat in the family Pteropodidae. It is among the largest bats in the world, but is considerably smaller than the largest species in its genus, Pteropus. The black flying fox is native to Australia, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia. It is not a threatened species.
^Roberts, B.; Eby, P.; Tsang, S.M.; Sheherazade (2017). "Pteropus alecto". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T18715A22080057. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T18715A22080057.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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