Philippine Eagles thrive in ZamPen forests

by: PNA

ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 03 July) — The forests in this city’s famed Pasonanca Natural Park and in other parts of the Zamboanga Peninsula are home to the Philippine Eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi), the country’s national bird, officials of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said. Aside from Pasonanca, t ...

ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 03 July) — The forests in this city’s famed Pasonanca Natural Park and in other parts of the Zamboanga Peninsula are home to the Philippine Eagle (Pithecophaga ...

ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 03 July) — The forests in this city’s famed Pasonanca Natural Park and in other parts of the Zamboanga Peninsula are home to the Philippine Eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi), the country’s national bird, officials of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said. Aside from Pasonanca, the raptor “breeds in the wilderness, in the hinterlands of Baliguian, Zamboanga del Norte, in Midsalip, Zamboanga del Sur,” said Forester Arleigh Adorable, former regional executive direct ...

ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 03 July) — The forests in this city’s famed Pasonanca Natural Park and in other parts of the Zamboanga Peninsula are home to the Philippine Eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi), the country’s national bird, officials of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said. Aside from Pasonanca, the raptor “breeds in the wilderness, in the hinterlands of Baliguian, Zamboanga del Norte, in Midsalip, Zamboanga del Sur,” said Forester Arleigh Adorable, former regional executive director of DENR Region 9, and now of DENR Region 10.   “The Philippine Eagle is the flagship species in the ecosystem of the Zamboanga Peninsula, as they dwell in the undisturbed primary forests of this southwestern Philippine region,” he emphasized. Before the Davao City-based Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF) sent a team to observe Pasonanca in 2019 for a research project, Philippine Eagles were sighted across the years hover ...