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A rain-forest raptor in danger

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Richard E. Lewis
Richard E. Lewis
Affiliation:
Hollinsclough, Forest Road, Oakmere, Nr Northwich, Cheshire CW8 2DY, UK.
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Abstract

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Living in the rain forests of the Philippines is one of the largest and rarest eagles in the world, the Philippine eagle Pithecophaga jefferyi.This magnificent bird is in danger of extinction due to the pressures of land development and human persecution. The author spent three0 years, from 1982 to 1985, helping to study the eagle, both in the wild and captivity, as part of a team dedicated to its conservation. The eagle has become the symbol of the conservation movement in the Philippines, and linked with its survival are a host of endemic species that share the same forest habitat.

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 20 , Issue 3 , July 1986 , pp. 170 - 175
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1986

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