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Classification
Bird
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Diet
Carnivore
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Lifespan
30–60 years
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Weight
4.5–8 kg
Population Trend
📉Decreasing
Description
The Philippine Eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi) is a bird indigenous to Philippines. It inhabits tropical moist forests on luzon, samar, leyte, and mindanao islands.
Habitat
🌿 tropical moist forests on luzon🌿 samar🌿 leyte🌿 and mindanao islands
Extended Data
Taxonomy
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Accipitriformes
Family
Accipitridae
Genus
Pithecophaga
Fun Facts
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With a wingspan of up to 2.2 meters (7 feet), it is considered the world's tallest eagle
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Known locally as 'haribon' (bird king) or 'monkey-eating eagle' — though monkeys are only a small part of its diet
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One of the rarest eagles on Earth, with fewer than 800 individuals estimated in the wild
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Declared the national bird of the Philippines in 1995, replacing the maya bird
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Mated pairs bond for life and only raise one chick every two years, making population recovery extremely slow