Manipur government issues orders for the protection of visiting Amur falcons
Context: The Manipur government has stepped up vigil and launched an awareness campaign to protect Amur falcons, birds which migrate to the hilly districts of Manipur for two months.
- A few lakh Amur falcons visit Manipur every year. These birds, which can fly a distance of a few thousand of kilometres, used to be one of the most hunted migratory birds visiting Manipur.
- In order to monitor the migratory route of the Amur falcons, officials in Manipur fixed satellite tags on some of the birds.
Amur falcons:
- The Amur falcon is a small raptor of the falcon family.
- It breeds in south-eastern Siberia and Northern China before migrating in large flocks across India and over the Arabian Sea to winter in Southern Africa.
Conservation status:
Migratory route:
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