Mumbai: Amur Falcon Chiuluan 2, a male falcon radio-tagged in Manipur’s Tamenglong district in November 2024, has reached western Odisha after taking a break at night in Chhattisgarh.
After spending 114 days in Southern Africa, it began its northward journey from Botswana on April 8 and has travelled 3,800 km nonstop in 93 hours from Somalia to India, arriving in Gujarat first before heading towards the North East part of the country.
The Amur Falcons are considered to be the world’s longest-travelling birds.
“We have got the latest location of Chiuluan 2, at 5 pm on Wednesday it was in Western Odisha. It had definitely stopped for the night yesterday in Chhattisgarh,” the Midday reported, quoting Senior Scientist from Wildlife Institute of India Dr Suresh Kumar.
The satellite-tagged Amur Falcon is part of a study to track migratory routes of these birds, aiming to provide insights into their long-distance travel.
The migratory bird had reached its first stopover site in Somalia in five days and 17 hours, flying nonstop and crossing the Arabian Sea, after being released at Chiuluan village in Tamenglong district of Manipur by the local forest department in November last year.