According to the experts tracking the bird's journey, the falcon travelled 3,800 km nonstop in 93 hours from Somalia to India and was heading towards the North East part of the country
The satellite tagged Amur falcon Chiuluan 2 (above) has arrived in India from Somalia
The Amur Falcon ‘Chiuluan 2’ is continuing its journey and has reached western Odisha after taking a break at night in Chhattisgarh, an official said on Wednesday.
Dr. Suresh Kumar, Senior Scientist from Wildlife Institute of India said, "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 satellite tagged Amur falcon Chiuluan 2 has arrived in India from Somalia.
According to the experts tracking the bird's journey, the falcon travelled 3,800 km nonstop in 93 hours from Somalia to India and was heading towards the North East part of the country.
The satellite transmitter fitted Amur Falcon Chiuluan 2 had arrived in Gujarat first.
The approximate travel distance from its departure from Somalia to coming close to Bharuch in Gujarat was 3,100 km and Chiuluan 2 covered this distance in 67 hours nonstop flight.
Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Hitler Singh from Manipur forest department had earlier said, "Based on the data received today our falcon fueled by strong winds flew at a speed of 55 km/hr in the last leg of the oceanic crossing and covered a distance of 1000 km in little more than 18 hours and entered Gujarat at 2 am today morning near Somnath and continued its nonstop flight and crossing Khambat flew past Bharuch and Ankleshwar and has not landed as per last received data."
When asked if the Amur falcon Chiuluan 2 had taken a halt, the officials had said, "I am not sure, it might have taken a momentarily rest and might continue to fly. This shall be known from the next update. If the bird travels less than 500 km in 24 hours it must be taking rest for some time in the central Indian forest."
In the month of November 2024, two Amur falcon Chiuluan 2 and a female Gwangram were fitted with satellite transmitter and released at Chiuluan village in Tamenglong district of Manipur by the local forest department in the presence of Divisional Forest Officer Hitler Singh and Dr Suresh Kumar from WII. Several other Amur falcons were fitted with identification rings and released too.
The main objective of the project is to study the migratory route of these birds.
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