Quezon Protected Landscape

The Quezon National Park is located in the province of Quezon on the island of Luzon, Philippines. It extends over an area of ​​983 hectares and was established on 25 October 1934 on an area of ​​535 acres with the entry into force of Presidential Decree 740. On August 5, 1940 he has been expanded with the adoption 594 to its present size. It is annexed to the NIPAS Act of 1992 as a protected conservation area.

It is located on a 15 -acre limestone plateau that extends to the municipalities of Pagbilao, Padre Burgos and Atimonan. East of the River Watershed Forest Reserve Binahaan connects. In the southwest of the Maharlika Highway passes through the National Park and binds it to the 25 km distant provincial capital Lucena City. He is a popular destination for tourists and for the local population.

The core zone of the National Park forming evergreen lowland rain forests, which are traversed by karstic mountain ranges. These reach a height of 420 meters above the sea level. The varied natural scenery, providing a habitat for the endemic, almost meter-long monitor lizard Grays ( Varanus olivaceus ). From the avifauna are holdings of the Philippines hood eagle ( Nisaetus philippensis ), the spotted Fruit Dove ( Ducula carola ), the very rare Luzon Spatelschwanzpapageis ( Prioniturus luconensis ), the Streifenuhu (Bubo philippensis ), the gold fisherman ( Ceyx melanurus ) and the Mindoro - throttle ( Zoothera cinerea) worth mentioning.