Standing a metre tall, with a wingspan of well over two metres, the Philippine eagle – the iconic apex predator that serves as the archipelagic country’s national bird – is the largest eagle on the planet in terms of length and wing surface area. While this formidable raptor is believed to reside exclusively on four major islands – Luzon, Samar, Leyte, and Mindanao – we don’t yet know the true extent of the eagle’s range and its numbers in the wild. But new research published in the journal Animal Conservation aims to change that.
In the February 2023 study, researchers from non-profit organisations The Peregrine Fund and the Philippine Eagle Foundation identified a total of 2.86 million hectares of forest habitat suitable for the Philippine eagle, which they estimate hosts 392 breeding pairs. That’s good news: The new figure is higher than previous estimates of 340 pairs in 2018 and just 88 to 221 pairs in 1989.
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