ACAP Latest News regularly carries posts on efforts made to rescue, rehabilitate and release procellariform seabirds. As a service to rehabilitators and their supporters a first list is given of wildlife rehabilitation clinics and hospitals that are known to treat seabirds, including albatrosses, petrels and shearwaters. Links to websites, Facebook pages and contact e-mail addresses are included. Information on centres not listed and corrections to the list below here can be sent to
Read a review of a rehabilitation manual for procellariiform seabirds written in Portuguese.
A Light-mantled Sooty Albatross gets examined at The Nest Te Kōhanga animal hospital in the New Zealand's Wellington Zoo: the bird did not survive plastic ingestion (click here)
Argentina
Aquarium Mar del Plata
Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
https://www.aquarium.com.ar/
https://www.facebook.com/Aquarium-Mar-del-Plata-774634269543383
Estación de Rescate de Fauna Marina Guillermo "Indio" Fidalgo
Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina
https://www.facebook.com/Estaci%C3%B3n-de-Rescate-de-Fauna-Marina-Guillermo-Indio-Fidalgo-626451624360211/
Fundación Mundo Marino
San Clemente del Tuyú, Buenos Aires, Argentina
http://www.fundmundomarino.com.ar/
https://www.facebook.com/fundmundomarino
Fundación Patagonia Natural
Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina
http://www.patagonianatural.org/
https://www.facebook.com/fundacionpatagonianatural
Fundación Temaikèn
Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
http://www.temaiken.org.ar/
https://www.facebook.com/FundacionTemaiken
Australia
Australian Seabird Rescue
Ballina, New South Wales, Australia
http://seabirdrescue.org.au/
https://www.facebook.com/AustralianSeabirdRescueInc
https://www.facebook.com/AustralianSeabirdRescueSouthCoast
Australian Seabird Rescue Central Coast
Toowoon Bay, New South Wales, Australia
http://seabirdrescue.org.au/
https://www.facebook.com/Australianseabirdr1`escue
Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary
Brighton, Tasmania, Australia
https://www.bonorong.com.au/
https://www.facebook.com/Bonorong
Marine Wildlife Research & Rescue Organisation (AMWRRO)
Torrens Island, South Australia, Australia
http://www.amwrro.org.au/
https://www.facebook.com/Australian-Marine-Wildlife-Research-Rescue-Organisation-Inc-AMWRRO-106408776102025
Mosswood Wildlife
Koroit, Victoria, Australia
https://mosswoodwildlife.org.au/
https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=mosswood%20wildlife
Taronga Wildlife Hospital, Taronga Zoo
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
https://taronga.org.au/conservation-and-science/taronga-wildlife-hospitals
https://www.facebook.com/tarongazoo
Western Australian Seabird Rescue Group (WASR)
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
https://wasr.org.au/
Brazil
Aquasis
Caucaia, Ceará, Brazil
http://aquasis.org/
Associação R3 Animal
Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
http://en.r3animal.org/
https://www.facebook.com/associacaor3animal
Centro de Estudos Costeiros, Limnológicos e Marinhas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (CECLIMAR-UFRGS)
Imbé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
https://www.ufrgs.br/ceclimar/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/efurg
Centro de Recuperação de Animais Marinhos, Fundação Universidade do Rio Grande (CRAM-FURG)
Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
https://museu.furg.br/centros-associados/cram
https://www.facebook.com/mucinceclimar
Instituto Argonauta
Ubatuba, São Paulo, Brazil
https://institutoargonauta.org/
https://www.facebook.com/InstitutoArgonauta
Instituto Australis
Imbituba, Santa Catarina, Brazil
http://baleiafranca.org.br/
https://www.facebook.com/BaleiaFrancaAustral
Instituto Biopesca
Praia Grande, São Paulo, Brazil
http://www.biopesca.org.br/
https://www.facebook.com/institutobiopesca
Instituto Gremar
Guarujá, São Paulo, Brazil
https://www.facebook.com/institutogremar
Instituto de Mamíferos Aquáticos (IMA)
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
https://mamiferosaquaticos.org/
Instituto de Pesquisa e Reabilitação de Animais Marinhos (IPRAM)
Cariacica, Espírito Santo, Brazil
https://ipram-es.blogspot.com/
https://www.facebook.com/InstitutoIPRAM
Instituto de Pesquisas de Cananéia (IPeC)
Cananéia, São Paulo, Brazil
https://ipecpesquisas.org.br/en/
https://www.facebook.com/ipecpesquisas?fref=ts
Laboratório de Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade Federal do Paraná (LEC-UFPR)
Pontal do Paraná, Paraná, Brazil
http://www.cem.ufpr.br/lec/
https://www.facebook.com/lecufpr
Laboratório de Zoologia, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (LABZOO-UDESC)
Laguna, Santa Catarina, Brazil
https://www.udesc.br/ceres/labzoo/pmp-udesc
https://www.facebook.com/udesc
Projeto Cetáceos da Costa Branca, Universidade Estadual do Rio Grande do Norte (PCCB-UERN)
Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
https://www.pccbuern.org/
https://www.facebook.com/pccbuern
Universidade da Região de Joinville (Univille)
São Francisco do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil
https://www.facebook.com/pmp.univille/
Universidade do Vale do Itajaí (Univali)
Itajaí, Santa Catarina, Brazil
http://pmp.acad.univali.br/
Chile
Centro de Rehabilitación de Fauna Silvestre, Universidad Austral de Chile (CEREFAS-UACh)
Valdívia, Los Lagos, Chile
http://piafs.cl/cerefas/
Centro de Rescate y Rehabilitación de Fauna Silvestre, Universidad de Antofagasta CEREFAS-UA)
Antofagasta, Antofagasta, Chile
https://www.facebook.com/UACRRFS/
Centro de Rescate y Rehabilitación de Fauna Silvestre, Univesidad San Sebastián (CEREFAS-USS)
Concepción, Biobío, Chile
https://www.facebook.com/cerefasussconsepcion/
https://twitter.com/cerefas_uss_bio
Chiloé Silvestre
Ancud, Chiloé, Chile
https://www.facebook.com/chiloe.silvestre/
Hospital Clínico Veterinario Viña del Mar, Universidad Santo Tomás (UST)
Viña del Mar, Valparaíso, Chile
http://www.hospitalesveterinarios.ust.cl/hospitales-por-sedes/vina-del-mar/
https://www.facebook.com/hcv.vina
Ecuador
Centro de Rehabilitación de Fauna Marina, Parque Nacional Machalilla (CRFM)
Puerto López, Manabí, Ecuador
https://www.facebook.com/Centroderehabilitacionmarina/
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)*
Falklands Conservation
Stanley, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)*
https://www.falklandsconservation.com/
https://www.facebook.com/FalklandsConservation
Mexico
Grupo de Ecología y Conservación de Islas, A.C. (GECI)
Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
https://www.islas.org.mx/
https://es-la.facebook.com/IslasGECI/
Hospital de Aves de Ornato, Compañía y Silvestres, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Coyoacán, Ciudad de México, Mexico
http://www.fmvz.unam.mx/fmvz/servicios/s_aves.html
https://www.facebook.com/FMVZ.UNAM.Oficial
New Zealand
Central Energy Trust Wildbase Recovery
Palmerston North, North Island, New Zealand
https://wildbaserecovery.co.nz/
https://www.facebook.com/WildbaseRecovery/
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Dunedin Wildlife Hospital
Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand
https://www.wildlifehospitaldunedin.org.nz/
https://www.facebook.com/Dunedinwildlifehospital
EcoWorld Aquarium & Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre
Picton, South Island, New Zealand
http://www.ecoworldnz.co.nz/
https://www.facebook.com/EcoWorldPicton
Kaikoura Wildlife Rescue
Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand
https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=kaikoura%20wildlife%20rescue
Kuaotuni Bird Rescue Trust
Wharekaho, North Island, New Zealand
https://www.kuaotunubirdrescue.org.nz/
https://www.facebook.com/Kuaotunu-Bird-Rescue-Trust-1469420776711117
New Zealand Bird Rescue Charitable Trust
Green Bay, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
https://birdrescue.org.nz/rescuing-a-bird/
https://www.facebook.com/NZBRCT
South Island Wildlife Hospital
Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand
https://www.wildlifehospital.co.nz/
https://www.facebook.com/wildlife.hospital.nz
The Nest Te Kōhanga Animal Hospital
Wellington Zoo, Wellington, North Island, New Zealand
https://wellingtonzoo.com/conservation/saving-wildlife-in-the-nest-te-kohanga/
https://www.facebook.com/WgtnZoo
Wellington Bird Rehabilitation Trust
Wellington, North Island, New Zealand
http://www.wbrt.org.nz/
https://www.facebook.com/wellingtonbirdrehabilitationtrust/
Wildbase, Massey University
Palmerston North, North Island, New Zealand
http://wildbase.massey.ac.nz/
https://www.facebook.com/masseywildbase
Wildlife Rehabilitators Network of New Zealand (WReNNZ)
https://www.wrennz.org.nz/
https://www.facebook.com/WReNNZ
Peru
Grupo de Rescate de Animales Marinos, ConservAcción (GRAM - Trujillo)
Trujillo, Trujillo, Peru
https://www.facebook.com/GRAMTRU
Proyecto Golondrina de la Tempestad de Collar
Lima, Lima, Peru
https://www.facebook.com/ProyectoGolondrinaDeLaTempestadDeCollar
Portugal
Centro de Reabilitação de Animais Marinhos (CRAM-Ecomare)
lhavo, Portugal
https://www.oceanario.pt/en/news/cram-ecomare-1
https://www.facebook.com/cram.ecomare
South Africa
African Penguin and Seabird Sanctuary (APSS), Dyer Island Conservation Trust
Hermanus, Western Cape, South Africa
https://dict.org.za/dict-projects/african-penguin-seabird-sanctuary/
https://www.facebook.com/apssZA
Seabird and Penguin Rehabilitation Centre (SAPREC)
Mossel Bay, Western Cape, South Africa
https://www.saprec.org
https://www.facebook.com/SAPRECMB/
Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB)
Cape Town, Western Cape & Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa
https://sanccob.co.za/
https://www.facebook.com/SANCCOBSavesSeabirds (Cape Town)
https://www.facebook.com/sanccobeasterncape (Port Elizabeth)
United Kingdom
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA)
United Kingdom
https://www.rspca.org.uk
https://www.facebook.com/RSPCA-The-Royal-Society-for-the-Prevention-of-Cruelty-to-Animals-265070031183
Uruguay
Sociedad para la Conservación de la Biodiversidad de Maldonado (SOCOBIOMA)
Maldonado, Uruguay
https://www.socobioma.org/
SOS Fauna Marina
Maldonado, Uruguay
https://www.facebook.com/sos.faunamarina/
United States of America
Alaska Sealife Center
Seward, Alaska, USA
https://www.alaskasealife.org
https://www.facebook.com/AlaskaSeaLifeCenter
Hawaii Wildlife Center
Kapaau, Oahu, Hawaii
https://www.hawaiiwildlifecenter.org
International Bird Rescue
Berkeley, Los Angeles & San Francisco, California, USA
https://www.bird-rescue.org
https://www.facebook.com/intlbirdrescue 13574
https://www.facebook.com/IntlBirdRescue.LA
https://www.facebook.com/International-Bird-Rescue-SF-Bay-Delta-Wildlife-Center-1756480158
International Wildlife Rehabilitation Council (IWRC)
Eugene, Oregon, USA
https://theiwrc.org
https://www.facebook.com/theiwrc
Island Conservation
Midway Atoll (headquarters at Santa Cruz, California, USA)
http://www.islandconservation.org/
https://www.facebook.com/preventingextinctions
Maui Nui Seabird Recovery Project
Makawao, Maui, Hawaii, USA
https://www.mauinuiseabirds.org
https://www.facebook.com/mauinuiseabirds
Oiled Wildlife Care Network (OWCN), University of California Davis
Davis, California, USA
https://owcn.vetmed.ucdavis.edu
https://www.facebook.com/OiledWildlifeCareNetwork
Save Our Shearwaters (SOS), Kauai Humane Society
Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii, USA
https://saveourshearwaters.org
https://www.facebook.com/SaveOurShearwaters
Seaside Seabird Sanctuary
Indian Shores, Florida, USA
https://seasideseabirdsanctuary.org
https://www.facebook.com/SeasideSeabird
Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research
Newark, Delaware, USA
https://tristatebird.org
https://www.facebook.com/tristatebirdrescue
International
International Wildlife Rehabilitation Council (IWRC)
https://theiwrc.org/
https://www.facebook.com/theiwrc
With thanks to Ralph Vanstreels (Instituto de Pesquisa e Reabilitação de Animais Marinhos, Espírito Santo, Brazil) & Federico Alfonso Méndez Sánchez (Grupo de Ecología y Conservación de Islas, Mexico) for information on Latin American wildlife rehabilitation clinics and hospitals.
Posted 01 September 2020, last updated 21 April 2021
*A dispute exists between the Governments of Argentina and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concerning sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (Islas Georgias del Sur y Islas Sandwich del Sur) and the surrounding maritime areas.