Using satellite telemetry techniques, the Davao-based Philippine Eagle Foundation gains a better understanding of the eagles' movement patterns and how they use the forests in the wild.
DAVAO CITY, Philippines – The iconic national bird, the Philippine eagle, is on the brink of extinction. , it is one of the world’s most endangered forest eagles due to human activities like hunting and deforestation.
“Despite being one of the most endangered forest eagles in the world, we still lack fundamental information regarding the Philippine eagle distribution and population size,” said Dennis Salvador, PEF executive director and co-author of the paper. They tolerate areas of low human impact or scattered small villages in between forests than areas with high-impact infrastructure.
The paper identified priority eagle habitats from Luzon to Mindanao, with only 32% of the 45% minimum standard target coverage being covered by the Philippine protected area network. “Understanding how species are distributed and a reliable estimate of population size are key biological parameters for any threatened species,” said Luke Sutton, a research fellow of the Peregrine Fund in Boise, Idaho, United States, and lead author of the paper.
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