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Grey-headed Flying-fox · Species · PLOT

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Grey-headed Flying-fox

Pteropus poliocephalusTemminck, 1825

Vulnerable· National
Vulnerable· Victoria

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A one-sentence description from a sourced, reviewed claim (coming)

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01Conservation status
02What's new
03Where it is in PLOT
04Where it lives
05Pressures
06Condition

01See

Conservation status

National: EPBC Act 1999
Vulnerable
1. VU
2. EN
3. CR
4. EW
5. EX

07Next steps and help

In the list of 2026-08-28 · a legal listing, not a count · c/W8J8-T9

Facing a high risk of extinction in the wild in the medium-term future. Paraphrased from the EPBC Act 1999, section 179. Draft wording; not yet reviewed.

Victoria: Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988

Vulnerable

VU
EN
CR
EW
EX

In the list of 2026-07 · a legal listing, not a count · c/7P9D-PD

Facing a high risk of extinction in the wild in the medium-term future. Victoria uses the same categories under the Common Assessment Method. Draft wording; not yet reviewed.

IUCN Red List and other states: not yet checked.

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What's new

2026-10-20The latest record shared to the Atlas of Living Australia is from 2026 (checked 2026-10-20). (data coverage)
2026-08-28National: EPBC Act 1999: Vulnerable, in the list of 2026-08-28. (legal listing) claim ›
2026-07Victoria: Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988: Vulnerable, in the list of 2026-07. (legal listing) claim ›

03See

Where it is in PLOT

Forest
The recovery plan says Grey-headed Flying-fox camps occur in vegetation from continuous forest down to patches as small as a hectare. claim ›
Woodland
The recovery plan says the Grey-headed Flying-fox has historically lived in the forests and woodlands of eastern Australia's coastal lowlands, tablelands and slopes. claim ›

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Where it lives

roosts in forest claim ›
lives in forest claim ›
lives in woodland claim ›

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Pressures

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Condition

Not yet assessedIndicators with evidence: 0 of 0

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1Bare
2Remnant
3Mending
4Functioning
5Flourishing

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07Mend

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Next steps

No next steps name it directly yet. The places it uses may have some.

Record it

iNaturalist (on inaturalist.org): Add a photo; the community checks the identification, and research-grade records reach the Atlas of Living Australia.
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Evidence

Most of what's here (3 of 5 claims) comes from one source: National Recovery Plan for the Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) 2021, Australian Government DCCEEW. 5 claims from 3 sources, from 3 publishers.

Evidence shown: Reviewed and from approved sources. 5 claims shown, all reviewed. Which sources PLOT relies on

Kind: Species summary (compiled from the published claims listed)
Who said it: Compiled by PLOT from the published claims listed
Period: Claims cover 2026 (3 of 5 undated)
Checked: Reviewed (step 3 of 4)
Open questions: None open

How well it has been looked for (not how many there are)

105,979 records shared to the Atlas of Living Australia; the latest dated 2026. 3,016 are undated. More records usually mean more people looking, not more of the species.

Before 1950: 181
1950–1999: 5,668
2000–2009: 8,836
2010–2019: 51,592
2020 on: 36,686

Checked 2026-10-20 · the query (on api.ala.org.au)

Name on the backbone: Pteropus poliocephalus Temminck, 1825 (AFD, accepted, exactMatch)
Classification: Animalia › Mammalia › Chiroptera › Pteropodidae › Pteropus
Identifiers: afd afd/taxa/77bcae99-0037-44c6-9769-957a93215eba (on biodiversity.org.au)
sprat 186 (on environment.gov.au)
vba 11280

Sources

Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 Threatened List (July 2026) · Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (Victoria) · CC-BY-4.0
Atlas of Living Australia species record: Pteropus poliocephalus (Grey-headed Flying-fox) · Atlas of Living Australia · CC-BY-4.0
Threatened Species State Lists, 28 August 2026 (EPBC Act listed threatened species) · Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water · CC-BY-3.0-AU

Traditional Owner knowledge and names: none shown. They appear only where published by or with the consent of their knowledge holders (how PLOT treats cultural knowledge).

Every claim

Pteropus poliocephalus (Grey-headed Flying-fox) is listed as Vulnerable on Victoria's Threatened List under the FFG Act.Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (Victoria), Threatened taxa!A1561:E1561 (Taxon ID, Scientific Name, Common Name, Extinction Risk, Category of Threat) ›
The Grey-headed Flying-fox is listed as Vulnerable under the EPBC Act.Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Sheet1!A1823:D1823 (Scientific Name, Common Name, Current Scientific Name, Threatened status) ›
The recovery plan says Grey-headed Flying-fox camps occur in vegetation from continuous forest down to patches as small as a hectare.Australian Government DCCEEW, p. 17 ›
The recovery plan says the Grey-headed Flying-fox has historically lived in the forests and woodlands of eastern Australia's coastal lowlands, tablelands and slopes.Australian Government DCCEEW, p. 5 ›
The recovery plan says the Grey-headed Flying-fox has historically lived in the forests and woodlands of eastern Australia's coastal lowlands, tablelands and slopes.Australian Government DCCEEW, p. 5 ›

Cite as: PLOT record e/grey-headed-flying-fox v1, compiled by PLOT (2026-07-01 to 2026-08-28), species summary

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