In Tamenglong district, 11 Amur falcons, including two fitted with satellite transmitters, were released on Friday. 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, at the Chiuluan roosting site on Thursday.
The research program is being conducted under the aegis of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India.
The two Amur falcons equipped with satellite transmitters have been tagged to analyze and study their migratory routes. According to forest officials, the satellite-tagged falcons have been named Chiuluan2 and Guangram, after two significant roosting villages in the state.
The naming was approved by Anurag Bajpai, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Chief Wildlife Warden, Manipur.
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.
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.
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