MANILA - An endangered Philippine Eagle sustained a gunshot wound on its wings in Malagos, Davao City Sunday.

Tiborcio Solis Aparicio, a 24-year old resident of Barangay Tambobong, Baguio district, brought the eagle to the Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF) Center.

His brother, Rolando Solis, on Monday admitted before the Baguio district police that he shot the eagle named "Matatag".

Speaking to ABS-CBN News, PEF executive director Dennis Salvador said they will file a case against the suspect.

Matatag is a rehabilitated bird released in Mt. Apo over a year ago.

It was exploring the forest and recently monitored in Baguio district.

Matatag is in the dispersal stage where an eagle is independent of parental care and wanders until it reaches sexual maturity.

"Pamana," another Philippine eagle, was shot dead San Isidro, Davao Oriental on August 16, 2015, just two months after she was freed into her new forest home.

The Philippine Eagle is already a critically-endangered species, with only an estimated 400 pairs left in the wild.

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