By ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity
With photo contributions from the management of MKRNP, Benjamine Maputi, Nigel Voaden, Michael Jan Pizzaro, & Earl Ryan Janubas.
Mount Kitanglad Range Natural Park
The Park covers 47,270 hectares (31,236 hectares of protected area and buffer zone of 16,034 hectares) in the north central portion of the province of Bukidnon.
ReadPhilppine Eagles by Nigel VoadenASEAN Centre for Biodiversity
Consisting of densely forested slopes, numerous caves, over a dozen mountain peaks, several waterfalls, and a hot spring, the Mt. Kitanglad Range NaturaI Park is one of the few remaining rainforests in the Philippines where the Philippine Eagle can be found.
The Wildlife
Whitehead’s swiftlet; Mindanao lorikeet; Mindanao racquet-tail; Mindanao scops owl; slaty-backed jungle-flycatcher; red-eared parrot finch; Apo myna; Philippine brown deer; Mindanao pygmy fruit bat; Philippine brown deer; Mindanao pygmy fruit bat; Philippine eagle.
Unique Flora
Medinilla; Rafflesia; families Suidae and Cervidae, Tmesipteris lanceolata, an endangered rootless vascular plant.
Forest ferns (2022) by Martin PalisASEAN Centre for Biodiversity
The Habitat
There are six major habitat types, ranging from lowland evergreen forest, which is the most species-rich forest formation, lower montane forest, upper montane (mossy) forest, grasslands, freshwater wetlands and caves.
ASEAN Heritage Parks
ASEAN Heritage Parks (AHPs) are protected areas of high conservation importance that provide valuable contributions to safeguarding ecosystems and biodiversity.
AHPs provide a window to the world, showcasing a wealth of biodiversity that is uniquely ASEAN.
With photo contributions from the management of MKRNP, Benjamine Maputi, Nigel Voaden, Michael Jan Pizzaro, & Earl Ryan Janubas.
