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Amur falcons, the longest flying migratory birds, begin to arrive in Manipur
Two of the five Amur falcons, radio-tagged in Manipur last year, have been traced in China in early October this year.
Updated on Oct 15, 2020 02:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Imphal | Sobhapati Samom | Edited by Abhinav Sahay
Radio-tagged Amur Falcon reaches breeding ground in China from NE India
Chiulon, named after a village in Manipur’s Tamenglong district and four other falcons namely Puching, Phalong-both names of villages in Tamenglong district, Irang and Barak - both names of rivers of the district, were radio tagged to study their flight route.
Published on May 12, 2020 07:08 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Imphal | Sobhapati Samom
Radio-tagged Amur falcon heads for Northeast India from China
The falcon Longleng, named after a Nagaland district, was radio-tagged in October 2016 by WII scientists as part of a project to study the flight route of these long-distance migratory birds and the environmental patterns along the route.
Updated on Oct 22, 2019 12:58 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Imphal | Sobhapati Samom
Amur Falcon’s famed roosting site in Nagaland declared a temporary silent zone
Ornithologists describe the yearly Pangti spectacle as “by far the largest and most spectacular roost of any species of Falcon ever seen anywhere in the world”. It has earned Nagaland the moniker--the falcon capital of the world.
Updated on Oct 20, 2019 10:01 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Sadiq Naqvi
Ahead of Amur falcons’ roosting season, Manipur district bans air guns for birds’ safe passage
The Deputy Commissioner of Tamenglong has ordered that air guns deposited with 36 village authorities “until the last flock leave their roosting or till November 30, 2019” and report of collection of air guns be submitted to his office by October 25.
Published on Oct 06, 2019 09:52 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Imphal | Sobhapati Samom