Monitoring flying-foxes
Australia’s flying-foxes (Pteropus spp.) are some of the world’s longest-distance nomadic travellers, and sound conservation management of these bats therefore depends on coordinated population monitoring across jurisdictions.
The Australian Flying-Fox Monitor maps all available population monitoring data for all five Australian species of flying-fox, alongside a suite of complementary datasets and resources—supporting the conservation and management of these ecologically important animals for the benefit of both flying-foxes and local communities.
The Monitor also includes a convenient Data Submission Portal for submitting population counts from known flying-fox roosts (or ‘camps’) throughout Australia.
Together, these tools support a more informed, collaborative, and adaptive approach to flying-fox conservation management, guiding evidence-based responses to human-wildlife conflict, and helping to balance Australia's ecological values with community needs.
All mapped data are either open-access or shared for the Monitor by the Lab of Animal Ecology. No ownership of data is implied by the Monitor.
The data reflect an extraordinary collaborative effort. We are profoundly grateful to the many organisations and individuals—from government agencies and CSIRO to wildlife carers, researchers, and community members—whose ongoing contributions are vital to this scientific endeavour.
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the Country on which we live and work, and we pay our respects to their Elders past and present. We recognise the immense contribution of Indigenous people to the knowledge and conservation of Australia’s wildlife, including flying-foxes.
The data reflect an extraordinary collaborative effort. We are profoundly grateful to the many organisations and individuals—from government agencies and CSIRO to wildlife carers, researchers, and community members—whose ongoing contributions are vital to this scientific endeavour.
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the Country on which we live and work, and we pay our respects to their Elders past and present. We recognise the immense contribution of Indigenous people to the knowledge and conservation of Australia’s wildlife, including flying-foxes.
