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title: "Felipe, a Critically Endangered Waved Albatross, gets rehabilitated in Peru"
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# Felipe, a Critically Endangered Waved Albatross, gets rehabilitated in Peru

![Rehabilitated Waved Albatross 4](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Albatrosses/W/Waved/Rehabilitated_Waved_Albatross_4.jpg)

 *Felipe, the Waved Albatross*

 A [Critically Endangered](http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/22698320) Waved Albatross *Phoebastria irrorata* found by a villager within the [Pantanos de Villa Wildlife Refuge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantanos_de_Villa_Wildlife_Refuge) in the district of Chorrillos on the coast of Peru near Lima on the 14th of last month was collected and taken into care in the [Parque de las Leyendas](https://www.facebook.com/elparquedelasleyendas)[ttps://leyendas.gob.pe/](https://acap.aq/ttps://leyendas.gob.pe/)(Legends Park Zoo) in Lima.  The bird, given the name “Felipe”, was X-rayed for injuries and checked for disease by veterinarians from the [Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria](https://www.facebook.com/urp.escuelaveterinaria) (School of Veterinary Medicine), [Universidad Ricardo Palma](https://www.urp.edu.pe/) and found to be in good health after two weeks in captivity.   Following being banded by the environmental NGO [Pro Delphinus](https://www.facebook.com/ProDelphinus/) the bird was transported by staff from the Servicio Nacional de Areas Protegidas por el Estado (Peruvian Service for Natural Protected Areas; [SERNANP](https://www.sernanp.gob.pe/peru-natural-legacy)) and Servicio Nacional Forestal y de Fauna Silvestre (National Forest and Wildlife Service; [SERFOR](https://www.gob.pe/serfor)) to the coastal town of Ancon a few tens of kilometres north of Lima.  Felipe was then taken out to sea and released on 3 March, as depicted by [video](https://www.facebook.com/elparquedelasleyendas/videos/2935034560110627).

 Read of an earlier [rehabilitated Waved Albatross](https://acap.aq/news/latest-news/2388-a-waved-albatross-gets-the-rehabilitated-and-released-in-peru?highlight=WyJ3YXZlZCIsInJlaGFiaWxpdGF0aW9uIl0=) from the same region of Peru.

  ![Rehabilitated Waved Albatross 8](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Albatrosses/W/Waved/Rehabilitated_Waved_Albatross_8.jpg)[news/latest-news/2388-a-waved-albatross-gets-the-rehabilitated-and-released-in-peru?highlight=WyJ3YXZlZCIsInJlaGFiaWxpdGF0aW9uIl0=](https://acap.aq/news/latest-news/2388-a-waved-albatross-gets-the-rehabilitated-and-released-in-peru?highlight=WyJ3YXZlZCIsInJlaGFiaWxpdGF0aW9uIl0=)

 *Felipe gets weighed*

 The Waved Albatross, along with the equally [Critically Endangered](http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/tristan-albatross-diomedea-dabbenena/text) Tristan Albatross *Diomedea dabbenena*, has been chosen as a “feature species” to support this year’s [World Albatross Day](https://acap.aq/world-albatross-day/introduction-to-world-albatross-day) on 19 June, with its theme of “[Ensuring Albatross-friendly fisheries](https://acap.aq/world-albatross-day/wad2021-ensuring-albatross-friendly-fisheries)”.  Specially prepared [posters](https://acap.aq/world-albatross-day/wad2021-ensuring-albatross-friendly-fisheries/world-albatross-day-2021-logos-posters/3927-wad-2021-posters) and an [infographic](https://acap.aq/world-albatross-day/species-summaries/species-infographics)featuring both albatrosses are available for viewing and downloading on this website.  Versions have been produced in both English and Spanish.  Click here to view the [ACAP Species Summary](https://acap.aq/es/world-albatross-day/species-summaries-s) for the Waved Albatross.

 ![Waved Albatross infographic colour](https://acap.aq/images/WAD2021/Waved_Albatross_infographic_colour.jpg)

 Photographs of Felipe and information from Facebook pages linked in text.

 *John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 10 March 2021*