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title: "Spectacled Flying-fox"
description: "Pteropus conspicillatus — Mammals. 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/spectacled-flying-fox
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Spectacled Flying-fox

> Pteropus conspicillatus — Mammals. 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.

- Scientific name: *Pteropus conspicillatus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 1809
- Wikidata: [Q426636](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q426636)
- iNaturalist taxon: [40911](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/40911)

## Names

- en: Spectacled Flying-fox
- de: Brillenflughund
- es: Zorro Volador De Anteojos
- fr: Renard volant à lunettes

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1537), PG (37), ID (21)

## Summary

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…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectacled_flying_fox

## Photo

![Spectacled Flying-fox](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/spectacled-flying-fox/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jun MATSUI · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/355256550

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/spectacled-flying-fox?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).