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Spectacled flying fox

Pteropus conspicillatus Gould, 1850

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The spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) is a species in the family Pteropodidae, order Chiroptera. Recorded adults weigh 760.7 g to 775.7 g and live up to 11.6 years. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Endangered.

Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus)
Photo: Mnolf · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the spectacled flying fox

Weight
775.7 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
11.6 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Frugivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
1src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
2.07 yearssrc for Age at maturity
Active
At night (nocturnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Arborealsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the spectacled flying fox live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The spectacled flying fox is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the spectacled flying fox?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus), also known as the spectacled fruit bat, is a megabat that lives in Australia's north-eastern regions of Queensland. It is also found in New Guinea and on the offshore islands including Woodlark Island, Alcester Island, Kiriwina, and Halmahera.

The spectacled flying fox was listed as a threatened species under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. They were considered vulnerable due to a significant decline in numbers as a result of loss of their prime feeding habitat and secluded camp sites. It has also been reported that spectacled flying foxes skim over the surface of water to drink and are sometimes eaten by crocodiles. The species was classified as endangered by the IUCN in 2020.

In February 2019, the Australian government upgraded the threatened status from vulnerable to endangered, after almost a third of the bat population died in a severe heatwave in Queensland in late 2018.

From the Wikipedia article “Spectacled flying fox” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Spectacled_flying_fox&oldid=1384683236), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the spectacled flying fox endangered?

The spectacled flying fox is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Endangered species. What the categories mean.

How is the spectacled flying fox classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderChiroptera
  5. familyPteropodidae
  6. genusPteropus
  7. SpeciesPteropus conspicillatus Gould, 1850
Other names and names in other languages (19)
  • Spectacled flying-foxEnglish
  • Spectacled flying-foxEnglish
  • الثعلب الطائر ذو النظارةArabic
  • kaloň zlatotýlýCzech
  • BrillenflughundGerman
  • Διοπτροφόρα Ιπτάμενη ΑλεπούGreek
  • Zorro Volador De AnteojosSpanish
  • rillilenkkoFinnish
  • Renard volant à lunettesFrench
  • pápaszemes repülőkutyaHungarian
  • Volpe volante dagli occhialiItalian
  • メガネオオコウモリJapanese
  • 안경날여우박쥐Korean
  • BrilleflygehundNorwegian Bokmål
  • GlassøyeflygehundNorwegian Bokmål
  • Rudawka okularowaPolish
  • Raposa-Voadora-de-ÓculosPortuguese
  • Очковая летучая лисицаRussian
  • 眼鏡狐蝠Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the spectacled flying fox

Other species in the same genus Pteropus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the spectacled flying fox?

An adult spectacled flying fox weighs 775.7 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the spectacled flying fox live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the spectacled flying fox for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the spectacled flying fox endangered?

The spectacled flying fox is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

How long does the spectacled flying fox live?

The spectacled flying fox has a recorded lifespan of 11.6 years.

What kind of animal is the spectacled flying fox?

The spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) belongs to the family Pteropodidae in the order Chiroptera.

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BibTeX
@misc{spectacled_flying_fox_2026,
  title = {Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/spectacled-flying-fox},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}