The GPS Satellite Radio transmitters tagging on Amur Falcons which were released from Manipur in first week of November last year has succeeded and one falcon returned back to Manipur after covering around 20,000 km up to Somalia of South Africa.<br />'' <br />'' Manipur Forest Department in collaboration with scientists from Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun and local people had released five satellite tagged Amur Falcons from Tamenglong district of Manipur. One falcon named Chinwal has returned back from Somalia after staying there for three months and reach Myanmar yesterday. The bird will further fly around 5,000 km towards their breeding ground -Northern China 'Mongolia border area.<br />'' <br />'' Out of the remaining birds, two birds- Barak and Irang are still in Somalia when signal of one bird could not be detected. Another bird could not give signal clearly and its location is not known now.<br />'' <br />'' Talking to AIR News, Team Leader of WII Scientists Dr. Suresh Kumar said, the tagging mission was launched in 2018 and it was failed. However, the mission has succeeded this time and some roosting sites in Manipur have also been identified through tagging this time.<br />'' <br />'' He said that this tracking mission has provided much more information about the nature of the birds and the climatic conditions across the sub-continent. Now it has come to know from tracking that some part of Churachandpur district of Manipur is their roosting site.<br />'' <br />'' The bird reached the jungles of some part of Nagaland state and Tamenglong district of Manipur in mid October every year to build fate reserves. Then fly five to six days non-stop across Peninsular India and Arabian Sea for their next stop over- Somalia, he further said.<br />'' &nbsp;
News On AIR | April 29, 2020 8:15 PM
Amur Falcon tagging mission a success; new roosting sites found in Manipur