Habitat
Primary dipterocarp forest, particularly in steep terrain, occasionally secondary growth and gallery forest, but not occupying open canopy forest. From sea-level - 1,800 m, occasionally to 2,000 m.
Larger islands of northern and eastern Philippines, on Luzon, Leyte, Samar and Mindanao.
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is 180 - 500 (2010) and decreasing.
Status CR
Forest destruction and fragmentation, through commercial timber extraction and shifting cultivation, hunting, are the main threats.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Voice
Loud, high-pitched whistles. Begging juvenile gives a regular series of high-pitched cries.
Philippine Eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi) [XC79210]
by Brendan Sloan from Mount Kitanglad, Bukidnon Province, Mindanao, Philippines (call)
Philippine Eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi) [XC443663]
by Tomas Carlberg from Cinchona Research Station, Lantapan, Bukidnon, Northern Mindanao, Philippines (call)
Subspecies
Monotypic genus of uncertain affinities.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet