Elected representatives in government are in charge of the policy and funding that can make or break saving threatened species. Their decisions and actions matter.
Grey has or used to have 43 threatened animals within its boundaries. One of them is me, the Grey-headed Flying-fox.
We took care to attach appropriate images that are as close to representative of each species as our resources and the availability of images allowed. However, we could not ensure perfect accuracy in every case. Some images show species that share the same genus but not at the species or subspecies level.
Grey-headed Flying-fox
Pteropus poliocephalus
Status: Vulnerable
The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) lists threatened species under six categories:
Extinct, Extinct in the wild, Critically Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable, Conservation dependent. Read more about these categories
Pteropus poliocephalus is found across 128 electorates.
The Grey-headed Flying-Fox is one of the largest bats in the world with a weight of 600–1000 g and a head-body length of 230–289 mm. It is the only Australian flying-fox that has a collar of orange/brown fully encircling its neck. Thick leg fur extends to the ankle, in contrast to other Pteropus species in which it only reaches the knee. As its name implies, the head is covered by light grey fur. The belly fur is grey, often with flecks of white and ginger. The fur on the back shows two morphs which could be related to age, moult or sub-population. One morph has dark grey fur and the other has a pronounced silver or frosted appearance. Winter fur is darker than summer fur with a pronounced moult occurring in June.¹
Explore more about this species on the Atlas of Living Australia
Habitat loss, fragmentation and degradation
Overexploitation and other direct harm from human activities
Explore more about the threats facing species on our Resources page.
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- Needle Wattle (Acacia carneorum)
- Chalky Wattle (Acacia cretacea)
- Jumping-jack Wattle (Acacia enterocarpa)
- Hairy-pod Wattle (Acacia glandulicarpa)
- Latz's Wattle (Acacia latzii)
- Menzel's Wattle (Acacia menzelii)
- Waddy (Acacia peuce)
- Birds Nest Wattle (Acacia pickardii)
- Fat-leaved Wattle (Acacia pinguifolia)
- Senna Wattle (Acacia praemorsa)
- Neat Wattle (Acacia rhetinocarpa)
- Spiller's Wattle (Acacia spilleriana)
- Whibley Wattle (Acacia whibleyana)
- Spiny Everlasting (Acanthocladium dockeri)
- Sword Bossiaea (Bossiaea peninsularis)
- Corunna Daisy (Brachyscome muelleri)
- White-beauty Spider-orchid (Caladenia argocalla)
- Winter Spider-orchid (Caladenia brumalis)
- Coast Spider-orchid (Caladenia conferta)
- Bayonet Spider-orchid (Caladenia gladiolata)
- Ghost Spider-orchid (Caladenia intuta)
- Large-club Spider-orchid (Caladenia macroclavia)
- Greencomb Spider-orchid (Caladenia tensa)
- Woolcock's Spider-orchid (Caladenia woolcockiorum)
- White Rabbits (Caladenia xantholeuca)
- Slender Bell-fruit (Codonocarpus pyramidalis)
- Trailing Hop-bush (Dodonaea procumbens)
- Peep Hill Hop-bush (Dodonaea subglandulifera)
- Dwarf Desert Spike-rush (Eleocharis papillosa)
- Salt Pipewort (Eriocaulon carsonii)
- Osborn's Eyebright (Euphrasia collina subsp. osbornii)
- Frankenia plicata (Frankenia plicata)
- Mt Finke Grevillea (Grevillea treueriana)
- Prickly Raspwort (Haloragis eyreana)
- Ooldea Guinea-flower (Hibbertia crispula)
- Spalding Blown Grass (Lachnagrostis limitanea)
- Granite Mudwort (Limosella granitica)
- Microlepidium alatum (Microlepidium alatum)
- Arckaringa Daisy (Olearia arckaringensis)
- Silver Daisy-bush (Olearia pannosa subsp. pannosa)
- Silver Candles (Pleuropappus phyllocalymmeus)
- Goldsack's Leek-orchid (Prasophyllum goldsackii)
- Lax Leek Orchid (Prasophyllum laxum)
- Pale Leek-orchid (Prasophyllum pallidum)
- Plum Leek-orchid (Prasophyllum pruinosum)
- Sturdy Leek-orchid (Prasophyllum validum)
- West Coast Mintbush (Prostanthera calycina)
- Mount Illbilie Mintbush (Prostanthera nudula)
- Lowly Greenhood (Pterostylis despectans)
- Halbury Greenhood (Pterostylis lepida)
- Nodding Rufoushood (Pterostylis mirabilis)
- Hale Dwarf Greenhood (Pterostylis sp. Hale )
- Desert Greenhood (Pterostylis xerophila)
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- Tufted Bush-pea (Pultenaea trichophylla)
- Sclerolaena walkeri (Sclerolaena walkeri)
- Large-fruit Fireweed (Senecio macrocarpus)
- Superb Groundsel (Senecio megaglossus)
- Menindee Nightshade (Solanum karsense)
- Annual Stackhousia (Stackhousia annua)
- Slender Darling-pea (Swainsona murrayana)
- Yellow Swainson-pea (Swainsona pyrophila)
- Bead Glasswort (Tecticornia flabelliformis)
- Metallic Sun-orchid (Thelymitra epipactoides)
- Port Lincoln Speedwell (Veronica parnkalliana)
- Xerothamnella parvifolia (Xerothamnella parvifolia)
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