One of the world’s largest birds of prey, the Philippine eagle is found on only four islands in the Philippines, the largest population being in Mindanao. It is critically endangered, mainly due to habitat loss from development and logging activity in the rugged mountain forests where it lives.

It has also been known as the monkey-eating eagle as it was once thought to feed almost entirely on monkeys. It has since been found to prey on a wide range of other species including the Philippine flying lemur, palm civets, snakes, monitor lizards and sometimes other birds of prey.

This piece was painted in watercolour as my entry to the ‘Introducing’ category of the Sketch for Survival art competition run by Explorers Against Extinction.