Two Sat tagged Amur Falcons still active
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By Our Staff Reporter
IMPHAL, Dec 21: Two of the three satellite transmitter tagged Amur Falcons are still active while the state of the third bird is unknown, said wildlife experts.
Three Amur Falcons, Alang (female), Ahu (female) and Apapang (male) were fitted with satellite transmitters in November in Manipur before their migration to warmer African climate.
The birds were fitted with satellite transmitters to track and study their migratory patterns.
Two of the three birds, Alang and Apapang are still active, and they are enjoying the warm weather at Botswana and Zimbabwe respectively, said experts familiar with the project.
However, the state of the third bird, Ahu, is unknown, they said.
Ahu, the female Amur Falcon, has not made any movement from the Horn of Africa in Somalia since November 19.
The satellite transmitter fitted to Ahu is however still active. Something might have happened to Ahu, the experts added.
The Amur Falcons (Falco amurensis) are the world's longest travelling small raptors of the falcon family.
These birds breed in southeastern Siberia and northern China before migrating in large flocks across India, and over the Arabian Sea to southern and east Africa in winter.
After migrating from their breeding ground, they reach North East India through China, Laos, Vietnam and Myanmar during October and November.
They stay in North East States of Manipur, Nagaland, Assam, Meghalaya etc from late October to November end. Then, they migrate and spend the cold winter season in the warm area of South Africa and stay there up-to March and April.
They take a yearly travel of about 20,000 kilometres.
Notably, to conserve and study their migratory pattern, Amur Falcons were first tagged with satellite transmitters in Manipur in 2018.
The hunting of the migratory bird is banned.
Hunting, killing and destruction of the migratory birds is a punishable offence under Section 50 and 51 of the Wildlife Protection Act 1972.
IMPHAL, Dec 21: Two of the three satellite transmitter tagged Amur Falcons are still active while the state of the third bird is unknown, said wildlife experts.
Three Amur Falcons, Alang (female), Ahu (female) and Apapang (male) were fitted with satellite transmitters in November in Manipur before their migration to warmer African climate.
The birds were fitted with satellite transmitters to track and study their migratory patterns.
Two of the three birds, Alang and Apapang are still active, and they are enjoying the warm weather at Botswana and Zimbabwe respectively, said experts familiar with the project.
However, the state of the third bird, Ahu, is unknown, they said.
Ahu, the female Amur Falcon, has not made any movement from the Horn of Africa in Somalia since November 19.
The satellite transmitter fitted to Ahu is however still active. Something might have happened to Ahu, the experts added.
The Amur Falcons (Falco amurensis) are the world's longest travelling small raptors of the falcon family.
These birds breed in southeastern Siberia and northern China before migrating in large flocks across India, and over the Arabian Sea to southern and east Africa in winter.
After migrating from their breeding ground, they reach North East India through China, Laos, Vietnam and Myanmar during October and November.
They stay in North East States of Manipur, Nagaland, Assam, Meghalaya etc from late October to November end. Then, they migrate and spend the cold winter season in the warm area of South Africa and stay there up-to March and April.
They take a yearly travel of about 20,000 kilometres.
Notably, to conserve and study their migratory pattern, Amur Falcons were first tagged with satellite transmitters in Manipur in 2018.
The hunting of the migratory bird is banned.
Hunting, killing and destruction of the migratory birds is a punishable offence under Section 50 and 51 of the Wildlife Protection Act 1972.