Imphal: As many as 11 Amur falcons, including two fitted with satellite transmitters, were released on Friday at Chiuluan village in Manipur’s Tamenglong district.
The birds were captured by a team from the Tamenglong Forest Division and local volunteers, under the supervision of Dr. Suresh Kumar, a senior scientist from the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun as part of a research programme.
The research program is being conducted under the aegis of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India.
Two of the Amur Falcons have been named ‘Chiuluan2’ and ‘Guangram’, after two significant roosting villages of the migratory bird species in the Tamenglong district.
With approval from the principal chief conservator of forests and chief wildlife warden of Manipur, Anurag Bajpai, these falcons were equipped with satellite transmitters to help track their migratory routes.
The release event was conducted by Kh Hitler Singh, Divisional Forest Officer, Tamenglong, in the presence of Dr. Suresh Kumar, Joel Gangmei, Range Forest Officer (RFO) Tamenglong, the Chairman and members of the Chiuluan Village Authority, members of the Rainforest Club Tamenglong, and staff from the Tamenglong Forest Division.
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In addition to the two satellite-tagged falcons, two others, named Riangsuanei and Laisana, were ringed with the email identification before being released.
All 11 Amur falcons were fitted with rings issued by the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), numbered from C58352 to C58362.
