Philippine Eagle
Pithecophaga jefferyi
Status: Critically Endangered. They live on four islands in the Philippines. Very few pairs are left, and they are endangered because of deforestation, conversion of land to agriculture, hunting, and human activity.
The Bagobo of the Philippines have a story to explain eclipses. The minokawa-bird is enormous, steel beaked and clawed, sharp feathers, and mirror eyed. He lives beyond the eastern horizon, and is always ready to make an attempt to snatch the moon when she begins her journey to arc across the sky.
There are eight holes in the eastern sky, through which the moon may pick which one to emerge from, and eight holes in the western sky, through which she vanishes. The minokawa hovers and wonders which one she will come through each evening. When the minokawa first swallowed the moon, it gave the people such a fright! They began to scream for fear that death would come to all. They made a frightful noise. Startled by the outcry, the great bird opened his mouth in astonishment, releasing the moon, who quickly fled.
Thereafter, when the minokawa swallows the moon, the Bagobo raise their voices, beat at gongs, and create such noise that the bird releases his prize, for if he were to swallow the moon, and the sun after, then the end would come.
References:
Benedict, L. W. (1913). Bagobo Myths. The Journal of American Folklore, 26(99), 13–63. https://doi.org/10.2307/534786
Benedict, L. E. W. (1916). A Study of Bagobo Ceremonial, Magic and Myth. Netherlands: Brill.