The DENR-CENRO Kabasalan rescued a Far Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis), a migratory bird categorized as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) at Barangay La Paz, Naga, Zamboanga Sibugay. The bird is banded with a yellow flag at the right tibia that was inscribed with "E1" and a ring on the left tarsus with "INFORM WILDLIFE GPO BOX 8 CANBERRA 2601 AUSTRALIA 091-20737 August 9, 2009, near Broome, NW, Australia.
The bird is kept at the PENRO Zamboanga Sibugay Wildlife Holding Facility for further observation and health assessment before its release back to the wild.
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- Published: 25 May 2021