The flight of the Flying Fox is slow and graceful, being able to travel 70 meters with one flap of its wings; very different from the rapid dusk fluttering of smaller bats that can lead people to mistake them for fledgling birds learning how to fly.
狐蝠飛行姿勢優雅，緩慢、規律的拍翅，能一口氣飛上七十公里，與黃昏後盤旋在天空上快速拍翅覓食，常令人誤以為是隻小小鳥在學飛的小型蝙蝠大異其趣。