A captive-bred harpy eagle, Panama's national bird, was released to the wilds from Summit Gardens, Balboa, on Monday, September 27 by biologists of Panama's environmental authority (ANAM).Anam official Melquiades Ramos said that the female eagle which had been raised in captivity since 2005, had been certified as fit by a vet. She had received special training so that she could be released into the wild. The harpy eagle one of the world's largest birds of prey, is the national bird of Panama but in danger of extinction. It is found in areas from southern Mexico in North America, to Brazil in the south.
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