Philippine eagle Facts for Kids
Pithecophaga jefferyi · pith-ih-KOFF-uh-guh JEF-er-eye
A huge rainforest eagle with a shaggy crest, found only in one country.
- 🏃 speed: not yet checked
- ⚖️ 14 lb6.5 kg1
- 📏 35 in to 3.3 ft90 cm to 1 m1 long
- 🎂 30 to 60 years30 to 60 years1
- 🍽️ meat
- In great danger (Critically Endangered)
A Philippine eagle is a huge eagle with a shaggy crest. It lives only in the Philippines. It eats medium-sized mammals.
Philippine eagles live only in the Philippines, in old rainforest on a few islands. They eat medium-sized mammals such as flying lemurs, civets and monkeys.
The Philippine eagle lives only in the Philippines, in patches of old rainforest on the islands of Luzon, Samar, Leyte and Mindanao. It is rare, because that forest is shrinking. It eats mostly medium-sized mammals such as flying lemurs, civets, flying squirrels and monkeys, and also rats, snakes, birds and bats. In the wild it can live for decades.
How big is a philippine eagle?
Philippine eagle in numbers
| Length | 35 in to 3.3 ft90 cm to 1 m1 |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | no checked number yet |
| Weight | 14 lb6.5 kg1average |
| Top speed | no checked number yet |
| How long it lives | 30 to 60 years30 to 60 years1in the wild |
| What it eats | medium-sized mammals such as flying lemurs, civets and monkeys, and some birds and snakes |
| Where it lives | old rainforest on a few islands of the Philippines |
| What kind | Birds |
| Is it in danger? | In great danger (Critically Endangered)2 |
A number we couldn’t find on a page we trust says so, instead of guessing.
Wow!
- The Philippine eagle lives only in the Philippines.
- It lives in old rainforest on a few islands.
- Its forest home is shrinking.
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For teachers
Use this animal in class: its facts are on this page, and the cards print from it.
Where these numbers come from
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Animal Diversity Web: Pithecophaga jefferyi (Philippine eagle), checked 10 November 2026.
- Wikidata, from the IUCN Red List, checked 10 November 2026.
- Wikidata, Philippine eagle (Q185213), checked 30 October 2026.