One of many two satellite-tagged Amur Falcons (Falco amurensis) “Chiuluan2” named after a village in Manipur’s Tamenglong district has reached its first stopover web site in Somalia in 5 days and 17 hours after flying continuous and crossing the Arabian Sea.
Wildlife Institute of India (WII) scientist R Suresh Kumar, who’s monitoring the hen’s migratory route, stated “Chiuluan2” began an onward continuous journey from Guhagar in Maharashtra’s Ratnagiri on Sunday morning round 10.30am and reached Somalia on Tuesday round 7pm (India time).
Divisional forest officer Kh Hitler Singh stated Guangram, one other satellite-tagged feminine falcon, remains to be within the Chiluluan roosting web site in Tamenglong.
The Manipur forest division, WII group, and residents launched the 2 Amur falcons, the world’s longest travelling birds, on November 8 after radio-tagging them with satellite tv for pc transmitters to review the route of the migratory birds and the environmental patterns from Tamenglong. Chiuluan and Guangram are two roosting villages of Amur falcons in Tamenglong.
Kumar stated “Chiuluan2” was within the flight path of Scotora Island, which is on the tip of the Nice Horn of Africa, on Monday.
The Manipur forest division and WII group additionally launched 9 different Amur falcons on November 8.
Radio-tagging of Amur falcons was taken up for the primary time in Manipur’s Tamenglong district in November 2018. 5 birds had been radio-tagged in 2019.
Amur falcons are protected below the Wildlife Safety Act. They spend summers at their breeding grounds in southeast Russia and northeast China. The falcons migrate to their wintering grounds in Africa. They begin their return journey in April-Could by means of Afghanistan and East Asia, endeavor a yearly journey of about 20,000km. In between, they cease in India’s northeast and Somalia.
The pigeon-sized raptors, regionally generally known as Akhuaipuina, arrive in October within the northeast together with Nagaland and Manipur. They go away the area in November after having sufficient meals for his or her continuous flight to Africa the place they spend their winters.
The Ninth Amur Falcon competition is scheduled at Tamenglong on November 21 as a part of the state forest division’s efforts to guard these migratory birds with the help of the native our bodies and residents.
