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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
In February 2019 the Australian government upgraded the threatened status from vulnerable to endangered, after almost a third of the bat population died in a severe heatwave in Queensland in late 2018.<ref name=upgraded>{{cite news|publisher=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/19/spectacled-flying-fox-declared-endangered-after-queensland-heatwave-wipeout|title=Spectacled flying fox declared endangered after Queensland heatwave wipeout|first=Lisa|last=Cox|date=19 February 2019|accessdate=20 February 2019}}</ref>
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