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Amur Falcons Migration
November 30 , 2025
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- Amur falcons migrate 5,000 to 6,000 km nonstop from Northeast India to Africa every autumn.
- In November 2025, the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) tracked three falcons, Apapang, Alang, and Ahu, using lightweight transmitters.
- Apapang flew 6,100 km in 6 days 8 hours to Tanzania, Alang covered 5,600 km in 6 days 14 hours to Kenya, and Ahu travelled 5,100 km in 5 days to Somalia.
- The tracking project began after mass hunting in Nagaland in 2012, and India signed the Raptors MoU under the Convention on Migratory Species in 2016.
- Falcons spend 2 to 3 weeks in Northeast India, feeding on termite swarms to build fat reserves before crossing the Arabian Sea.
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