食猿鵰

食猿鵰(學名:'),也稱作食猴鵰()、菲律賓鵰**(),是菲律賓的國鳥,目前僅存不到500對,主要集中到棉蘭老島的雨林中。是世界上體型最大、數量最稀少的鵰類之一,屬於大型鵰類,被人們讚為世界上“最高貴的飛翔者”,有“鵰中之虎”的美譽。食猿鵰體態强健,相貌凶狠,體長1公尺,重達9公斤,兩翅展開可約2公尺。

生態
捕殺森林中的猴子、犀鳥、鼯鼠、蛇、靈貓等,其巢是由樹棍和細枝構成的大型巢,位於粗枝的分叉處,主要在高於四周的樹木上築巢。
食猿鵰與中南北美洲的角鵰習性極為相似,相較於幾乎冠於所有大型猛禽的驚人體長及體重,食猿鵰的翼展顯得較短,適於在森林中穿梭捕獵,而較不利於高空盤旋翱翔。

註釋
參考文獻
*[http://www.philippineeaglefoundation.org/ Philippine Eagle Foundation.] A foundation devoted to saving the Philippine eagle.
*[http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Pithecophaga_jefferyi.html Animal Diversity Web – Pithecophaga jefferyi]
*[http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/02/philippine-eagles/mel-white-text National Geographic Magazine – "The Lord of the Forest"]
*[http://www.drmartinwilliams.com/conservation/philippine-eagle-mindanao.html Bringing Back Ol' Blue Eyes] – article on Philippine Eagle Foundation work on Mindanao
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100204134046/http://www.arkive.org/philippine-eagle/pithecophaga-jefferyi/video-08.html Video of Philippine eagle hunting flying lemurs]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180327204743/http://www.nigge.com/projects/philippine_eagle/thumbnails.html Photos of the Philippine eagle] by Klaus Nigge
*[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/101092#page/376/ Original announcement of 1896] and [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54800#page/262/ detailed account from 1897] by W. R. Ogilvie-Grant.

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