Movements of grey-headed flying foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus) to and from colony site on the central coast of New South Wales

1992 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 331 ◽  
Author(s):  
KA PArry-Jones ◽  
ML Augee
Keyword(s):  
Food Supply ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Central Coast ◽  
Flying Foxes ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Pteropus Poliocephalus ◽  
Colony Site ◽  
Eucalyptus Maculata

Movements and numbers of grey-headed flying foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus) were recorded in and around a colony site on the central coast of New South Wales over a period of 53 months from 1986 to 1990. Daily departures from the site correlated primarily with the time of sunset. Annual occupation cycles showed wide flutuations with only one fiied period, March-May, when a mating colony of at least 20 000 bats was at the site. In most years a small nursery colony was present during October- December. Superimposed on this reproductive use of the site were highly variable patterns of occupation correlated with fluctuations in food supply. Local abundances of blossoms such as Angophorafloribunda and Eucalyptus maculata resulted in colony numbers of at least 80 000 bats.

Food Selection by Grey-headed Flying Foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus) Occupying a Summer Colony Site near Gosford, New South Wales

1991 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 111 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Parry-Jones ◽  
ML Augee
Keyword(s):  
Food Selection ◽  
Food Sources ◽  
Flying Foxes ◽  
Food Items ◽  
South Wales ◽  
The Family ◽  
Pteropus Poliocephalus ◽  
Marked Preference ◽  
Colony Site

A colony site occupied by grey-headed flying-foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus) from October to May on the central coast of N.S.W. was monitored over a 48 month period (1986-1990). Faecal and spat-out material was collected for microscopic determination of contents. Comparison of food items in the droppings with the array of possible food sources present in the vicinity of the colony at the same time showed a marked preference for certain foods, in particular blossoms of the family Myrtaceae and of the genus Banksia. Cultivated orchard fruits were not a preferred food and were only taken at times when preferred food items were scarce.

Notes on the Birds of the Central Coast Area of New South Wales

1962 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 295-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. N. Hobbs ◽  
M. Kaveney
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Central Coast ◽  
South Wales

Saccocirridae (Annelida : Archiannelida) from the central coast of New South Wales

1981 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 439 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Brown
Keyword(s):  
World Wide ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Ventral Surface ◽  
The Body ◽  
Coarse Grained ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Central Coast ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Turbulent Water

Saccocirrids (archiannelids) were collected from coarse-grained sediments in turbulent water from the central New South Wales coast. Saccocirrus jouinae, sp. nov., and S. tridentiger, sp, nov., are described, and S. krusadensis Alikunhi, 1948 newly recorded in Australia. In these species gonads occur only on the left side of the body and cilia are found on the ventral surface. Of the 17 species attributed to the Saccocirridae, seven species are known to have unilateral gonads and ventral ciliation. They occur only in the Indo-Pacific region. Species with gonads on both sides of the body have not been described with cilia on the ventral surface. Their distribution is world-wide.

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