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The Philippine eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi), also known as the monkey-eating eagle or great Philippine eagle, is a critically endangered species of eagle of the family Accipitridae which is endemic to forests in the Philippines. It has brown and white-colored plumage, a shaggy crest, and generally measures 86 to 102 cm (2.82 to 3.35 ft) in ...
Pag-asa hatched at 10:40 pm PST on January 5, 1992, at the Philippine Eagle Center [4] in Barangay Malagos at the Calinan district in Davao City. [1] Hatched four days earlier than expected, [2] he weighed 134.6 grams (4.75 oz). [2] He had a hard time getting out of his egg, so a PECPF staff member cracked it. [3]
There are 67 globally threatened species, including the rufous hornbill and the critically endangered national bird of the Philippines, the Philippine eagle or monkey-eating eagle. Until 1995, the national bird of the Philippines was the maya (which, in the Philippines, refers to a variety of small, commonly observed passerine bird).
The Endangered Species Act has a remarkable record of preventing plants and animals from disappearing for good, but very few of those creatures have rebounded enough that can survive without our ...
Dioscoro Siarot Rabor (() May 18, 1911– March 25, 1996), also known as Joe Rabor, was a Filipino ornithologist, zoologist, and conservationist.Known as the "Father of Philippine Wildlife Conservation", he led more than 50 wildlife expeditions in the Philippines, authored 87 scientific papers and articles, and described 69 new bird taxa and numerous mammal species.
The sight of a majestic bald eagle soaring through the skies is beautiful to behold. Secure in their status as one of the most fearsome predators in the sky – these skilled hunters and fishers ...
The majority of the species were considered endangered in the 1970s and 1980s when they “were in very low numbers or likely already extinct at the time of listing,” the release said.
This is a list of the bird and mammal species and subspecies described as endangered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. It contains species and subspecies not only in the U.S. and its territories, but also those only found in other parts of the world. It does not include endangered fish, amphibians, reptiles, plants, or invertebrates.