Overview

• Chiuluan2, an Amur falcon tagged in Manipur in November 2024, has been tracked reaching western Odisha after a nonstop 3,800-km flight from Somalia in just 93 hours.
• The bird paused overnight in Chhattisgarh before continuing its northbound journey toward its breeding grounds in northeastern Asia.
• This satellite-tagging project, launched in 2018 by the Manipur Forest Department, Wildlife Institute of India, and local communities, aims to map the Amur falcon's migratory routes and behavior.
• Amur falcons undertake an annual 20,000-km migration between their breeding grounds in Siberia, China, and Mongolia, and their wintering sites in southern Africa, with key stopovers in Botswana, Somalia, and Northeast India.
• Conservation efforts in Manipur and Nagaland, supported by local communities and international cooperation, have created safe corridors for these migratory birds, which are protected under India's Wildlife Protection Act.