THE wildlife team of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) provincial office in Zambales rescued on Monday, March 15, a wounded raptor in Sitio Lawin in Barangay San Rafael, San Marcelino town in Zambales.

According to Marcelino Maliksi, a resident of Barangay San Rafael, the bird was injured, with wound in the right wing, when he found the species lying in a rice field.

He immediately reported the incident to the DENR Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (Penro) based in Iba town.

The DENR identified the bird species as Grey-faced buzzard scientific Butastur indicus. It is now in the custody of the Botolan Wildlife Farm in Botolan town to undergo treatment and rehabilitation, after which it will be released to the wild.

According to research, the Grey-faced buzzard is an Asian bird of prey and is typically between 41 and 46 centimeters in length, making it a medium-sized raptor. This species migrates from Japan and Korea to South East Asia during the winter season and is a bird of open land.