Nyctimene robinsoni
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The eastern or Queensland tube-nosed bat (Nyctimene robinsoni) is a megabat in the family Pteropodidae that lives in north-eastern Australia. N. robinsoni is one of the few species of megabat that roosts solitarily. They get their common name from their raised tubular nostrils which are unlike those of most other species in the family. They are a deep brown with gray heads and sparse yellow spotting.
The first description of the species was published by Oldfield Thomas in 1904, distinguishing the new taxon by comparison to the species Nyctimene major described by George Edward Dobson in 1877. Thomas examined two specimens, nominating a male as the type, these were obtained by Herbert C. Robinson in Cooktown. The synonymy of N. robinsoni includes Nyctimene tryoni and the separation of the Australian population recognised as Nyctimene albiventer, the common tube-nosed fruit-bat which occurs at the island states north of Australia. Nyctimene robinsoni is allied to the cephalotes-group of the genus.
The common name Queensland tube-nosed bat was noted by Ronald Strahan as the only vernacular for the species, where the range of species was thought to be restricted, the name... Wikipedia →
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Queensland Tube-nosed Fruit Bat sighting in Daintree National Park on a given day, based on 24 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 7th most-seen of the 19 mammals we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February and December
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Queensland Tube-nosed Fruit Bat in Daintree National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March, the lowest month. Those are among Daintree National Park's wettest months, with about 270 mm of rain a month against 50 mm in September.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Queensland Tube-nosed Fruit Bat sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Daintree National Park, in our data
Daintree National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Queensland Tube-nosed Fruit Bat sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Pteropodidae
The closest relatives of the Queensland Tube-nosed Fruit Bat that you can see in Daintree National Park (family Pteropodidae, Old World Fruit Bats) are Spectacled Flying Fox (about 50%) and Little Red Flying Fox (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Queensland Tube-nosed Fruit Bat is recorded against all the mammals logged in Daintree National Park (24 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
