Philipines Monkey Eating Eagle

[Afshimo]

Hello!

I was just nosying around, does anyone have information and pictures of these birds?

All the info I got was they weigh 14lb, latin name Pithecophaga jefferyi, 6 1/2 wingspan and lay one egg a year.

I thought this was a good link lol. www.alibata.org/ alibata_index.html

only found one pic of them in captivity www.lindberghfoundation.org/ history/photo3.html .I've only used google. There's a foundation for them aswell, still sifting through the site.

my Q's are:
Have they been used in falconry or are they too rare to get hold of?
Would they be any use in falconry?
What are they like temperment wise?
Usual stuff like weights?

Thanks,

Han

[NGuruve]

dont know how they would be for falocnry but there feet arent nearly as large as the harpy but they arent much smaller and they prey on flying lemurs and squirrelsmainly

[Biarmicus]

Hello!

I was just nosying around, does anyone have information and pictures of these birds?

All the info I got was they weigh 14lb, latin name Pithecophaga jefferyi, 6 1/2 wingspan and lay one egg a year.

I thought this was a good link lol. www.alibata.org/ (http://www.alibata.org/) alibata_index.html

only found one pic of them in captivity www.lindberghfoundation.org/ (http://www.lindberghfoundation.org/) history/photo3.html .I've only used google. There's a foundation for them aswell, still sifting through the site.

my Q's are:
Have they been used in falconry or are they too rare to get hold of?
Would they be any use in falconry?
What are they like temperment wise?
Usual stuff like weights?

Thanks,

Han

Hello Hannah,

Would this website be of any help? (it's probably the foundation site you mentioned, I just found it the other day)

http://www.philippineeagle.org/index.htm

There is some information on the Philippine Eagle and also some pictures.

Hope this helps...

Brittney

[HawkMan]

Aint they such splendid birds ,looks a bit like big bird off seaseme street .
Are there any in england either in zoo,s or private collection .
Jb

[Rocky]

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[Moses]

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lol u cheeky monkey :D

[Afshimo]

lol, that wouold be wierd. expensive no doubt an all!

Love to see what they were like to handle, train and what they'd hunt.

Hey bir, thats the website i was lookin at b4 lol. Its pretty good, gorgouse pics!

thx though!

Doing them for school, draw a pic of them and say how they are adapted, but the teach wanted something different then the lion and elephant lol.

Han

[UKJay's Nursey]

Here are some more links for ya hun

http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/birds/Pithecophaga_jefferyi/more_info.html

http://www.rdb.or.id/view_html.php?id=79&op=pithjeff

http://home.hccnet.nl/r.goedegebuur/roofvog/apenarende.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pithecophaga_jefferyi

http://www.answers.com/topic/philippine-eagle

some pics

http://www.floranimal.ru/pages/animal/g/1109.jpg

http://www.naturalia.org/ZOO/EUROPEO/AN_CIELO/IMG/113.jpg

http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/images/data/philippineeagle-sw.jpg

http://www.pandaklubben.dk/db/images/5989_12.jpe

hope these help

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[BarneyAndMonty]

Hi Hannah,

They are fantastic looking birds as are most eagles. A couple of things that I know about them: they are very rare, possibly only 200 left in the wild making it the worlds most endangered eagle, they only breed every other year, raising 1 chick and pretty big aswell, standing about 1mtr. tall.

Try and get hold of the dvd by the bbc called 'Eagle' its in their wildlife specials series, there is film coverage of them in their forest habitat.

All the best:D

[HawkMan]

Hannah you seem to of got a lot of help tonight m8 .
Hope you have fun reading all them websites .
All the best
Jb

[Joey]

Hi Hannah,

They are fantastic looking birds as are most eagles. A couple of things that I know about them: they are very rare, possibly only 200 left in the wild making it the worlds most endangered eagle, they only breed every other year, raising 1 chick and pretty big aswell, standing about 1mtr. tall.

Try and get hold of the dvd by the bbc called 'Eagle' its in their wildlife specials series, there is film coverage of them in their forest habitat.

All the best:Dits a good dvd ive got it it show u some off its habitat there a buetiful eagle angry that there indangered

[Merger]

Have seen some footage, of these , taken out of a avairy in singapore manned, trained and flown, they are very rare, if they are found in the forests as clearing continues, a team will go in to trap them , and are held mainly in some of the larger zoos, around the world for captive breeding purposes.As far as I know Steve Ford is the only person to have flown them,twenty years ago, for filming purposes, he told me one of the hardest tasks, was walking thro the camp in the morning, with the eagle cut down was, hanging on to the bird, while lots of small children jumped about around him!!!

[Afshimo]

thanks for all the help guys! The pics are brilliant and I've started drawing so should be finished tonight lol.

Lets hope this eagles dont become extinct, only 500 left?

Im trying to buy the DVD's on the eagles, they sound good and nice to watch. Tonight Im watching the meaning of life by monty python lol. Bit off topic sry!

But back on track, some of the sites are brill! Had a nosey at a few to get the pics and the information. Very nice!

Han