Elusive Mountain Hawk-Eagle Tracking Toughens With Dwindling Population

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A research team has been working to locate mountain hawk-eagles, the most powerful yet elusive raptor native to Taiwan’s central mountain range. It’s become harder to do so with the species’ population down to around 1,000 individuals due to poaching and habitat loss.

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00:00climbing the tree for a close-up look at this fledgling mountain hawk eagle the most powerful

00:11raptor in taiwan a team from national pingdong university of science and technology has been

00:17trying to track down the elusive bird for years after numerous visits in the mountains of the

00:23northeastern county of yilan the team finally located a new nest and attached a satellite tag

00:29on the bird inside native to the central mountain range that stretches north to south in taiwan

00:50the mountain hawk eagle has historically been a status symbol for some indigent nations

00:55mesmerizing people with its majestic build and feathers which have a signature triangular

01:01pattern that disappears once it matures but as commercial demand for its feathers grows

01:07its population has dwindled to around a thousand due to poaching and habitat loss that's why the

01:14team is keeping track of each of the tagged birds to learn more about how to protect the species

01:19mountain hawk eagles fly only about an hour a day and their habitat sits deep in the mountains

01:32as the team carries on the research humans may learn how to be more respectful of the species

01:38and the space we share with it li yang lian and i ring lin for taiwan plus

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