Editing Philippine eagle (section)

==Representation==
[[File:Philippine eagle passports.jpg|thumb|Symbolic passports issued to Geothermica and Sambisig, individual eagles which were loaned to Singapore.]]
The Philippine eagle was officially declared the national bird of the Philippines on July 4, 1995, by President [[Fidel V. Ramos]] under Proclamation No. 615, series of 1995.<ref name=collar>BirdLife International (2001). [http://www.victorialodging.com/files/philippine_eagle.pdf "Philippine Eagle: ''Pithecophaga jefferyi'']", p. 661 in ''Threatened Birds of Asia''. Accessed April 28, 2010</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1995/07/04/proclamation-no-615-s-1995/ |title=Proclamation No. 615, s. 1995 |newspaper=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines |access-date=August 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825110405/http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1995/07/04/proclamation-no-615-s-1995/ |archive-date=August 25, 2018 }}</ref> Due to the eagle's size and rarity, it is also a coveted species for [[birdwatcher]]s.<ref name=" Chandler "/>

The Philippine eagle has been featured on at least 12 stamps from the Philippines, with dates ranging from 1967 to 2007. It was also depicted on the [[Coins of the Philippine peso#Flora and Fauna series|50-sentimo coins]] minted from 1983 to 1994; in 2018, on the 500-Piso commemorative silver coin, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of [[Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas]];<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bsp.gov.ph/Pages/MediaAndResearch/MediaReleases/5264.aspx |title=Commemorative coins marking 70 years of central banking in the country and BSP's 25th anniversary now for sale |publisher=bsp.gov.ph |access-date=2020-01-09}}</ref> on January 18, 2021, and on the 5,000-Piso [[Lapulapu]] commemorative non-circulating banknote.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bsp.gov.ph/SitePages/MediaAndResearch/MediaDisp.aspx?ItemId=5665 |title=BSP Issues Lapulapu Commemorative Banknote and Medal |publisher=bsp.gov.ph |access-date=2021-01-18}}</ref> On December 11, 2021, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas unveiled the design of the new 1,000-Piso polymer banknote featuring the bird as the main portrait, controversially replacing those of three [[World War II in the Philippines|World War II]] martyrs: [[Chief Justice of the Philippines|Chief Justice]] [[José Abad Santos]], suffragist [[Josefa Llanes Escoda]], and [[Vicente Lim|General Vicente Lim]].

Historically, about 50 Philippine eagles have been kept in [[zoo]]s in Europe (England, Germany, [[Belgium]], [[Italy]] and France), the United States, and [[Japan]].<ref name=zoo>Weigl, R, & Jones, M. L. (2000). ''The Philippine Eagle in captivity outside the Philippines, 1909–1988.'' International Zoo News vol. 47/8 (305)</ref> The first was a female that arrived in [[London Zoo]] in August 1909<ref name=zoo/> and died there in February 1910.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Specimens of the Philippine Monkey-Eating Eagle (''Pithecophaga jefferyi'')|author=Davidson, M. E. McLellan |journal= The Auk|volume=51|issue=3|year=1934| pages=338–342 |url=http://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v051n03/p0338-p0342.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v051n03/p0338-p0342.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|doi=10.2307/4077661|jstor=4077661 }}</ref> The majority arrived in zoos between 1947 and 1965.<ref name=zoo/> The last outside the Philippines died in 1988 in the [[Antwerp Zoo]], where it had lived since 1964 (except for a period at the [[Planckendael Zoo]] in Belgium).<ref name=zoo/> 

The first captive breeding was only achieved in 1992 at the facility of the Philippine Eagle Foundation in Davao City, which has bred it 31 times as of 2025.<ref name="Yearbook09" /><ref>Philippine Eagle Working Group (1996). Integrated Conservation Plan For The Philippine Eagle (''Pithecophaga jefferyi'').</ref>

The Philippine eagle is also used in sporting events as a mascot, most notably one in the [[2005 Southeast Asian Games]] held in Manila known as "Gilas". The Philippine eagle is also the animal used in the [[Philippines men's national basketball team]] or Gilas Pilipinas' logo/team crest.