An Amur Falcon bird which was radio-tagged in Manipur in November last year has started its return journey to Siberia after staying for 114 days in Southern African countries, a scientist said.
On October 12 last year, two Amur Falcon birds had arrived from Siberia in Manipur’s Tamenglong district and were radio-tagged by scientists of the Wildlife Institute of India (WII). The male bird was named ‘Chiuluan 2’ while the female bird was named ‘Guangram’ after two roosting villages in Tamenglong district.
WII senior scientist Suresh Kumar, who is monitoring the bird’s migratory route, told PTI, “Chiuluan 2 is now on its return journey to Siberia. It has crossed Zimbabwe, and Tanzania and is currently near the Kenya-Somalia border. It started its northward journey from Botswana on April 8 morning.”
