The golden-crowned flying fox is a large fruit-eating bat found only in the Philippines. A 2026 record documented it in forest in Apayao Province.
The article describes it as one of the largest bat species in the world.
Researchers fitted GPS loggers to eight golden-capped flying foxes near Subic Bay on Luzon in the Philippines. In 2010, six loggers returned useful movement data covering two to ten days. The records showed where the bats travelled at night to forage and roost, allowing the research team to map their movements through the landscape. The tagged group included two males and six females.
The study identified 46 foraging locations and five previously unrecorded roosts. About 82.6% of the recorded foraging locations were in closed forest, more than 100 metres from the forest edge. Many bats returned to the same foraging places on successive nights while those food resources remained available, showing repeated use of forest feeding areas.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.
GPS tracking near Subic Bay on Luzon connected the roosting and foraging patterns of golden-capped flying foxes. Eight animals were tagged, and six loggers provided useful records. Researchers mapped 46 foraging locations and five previously unrecorded roosts; 82.6% of foraging locations were in closed forest more than 100 metres from its edge. Some roosts were near developed areas, while the recorded feeding locations were concentrated in forest. These observations show how the species used different places for resting and feeding within one landscape.