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The Philippine eagle is endemic to the Philippines and can be found on four major islands: eastern Luzon, Samar, Leyte, and Mindanao. The largest numbers of eagles reside on Mindanao, with between 82 and 233 breeding pairs.
22 sty 2023 · How big is the biggest Philippine Eagle ever recorded? A specimen of an individual Philippine eagle held in the collection of the Field Museum of Natural History in 1959 was measured to have a body length of 112 cm (3 ft 8 in).
One of the largest eagles in the world, and the national bird of the Philippines. Dark brown above with pale feather edges, white underparts, a streaked shaggy crest and back of the neck, powerful yellow feet, a very thick silver-gray bill with a black tip, and black around the eye.
2 lis 2023 · Considered the largest eagle in the world in terms of length and wing surface, the giant Philippine eagle averages one meter in height (3 ft) from the tip of its crown feathers to its tail. Only the harpy and Steller’s sea eagles outweighs the Philippine eagle in terms of mass.
16 sty 2024 · The Philippine eagle is the world’s largest eagle in terms of body length and wing area, and the third-largest in terms of weight, after Steller’s sea eagle and the harpy eagle.
Philippine eagles inhabit remnant patches of primary dipterocarp forest, a family of resinous trees that are found in the Old World tropics. Pithecophaga jefferyi also occurs in second growth and gallery forest. ("Philippine Eagle - Pithecophaga jefferyi - ARKive", 2004; "Philippine Eagle Foundation", 2004; Bueser, et al., 2003; Ibanez, et al ...
The Philippine eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi) is a critically endangered species of eagle. It is considered the largest of the extant eagles in the world in terms of length and wing surface area. It has been declared the national bird of the Philippines.
