20 November,2025 09:46 PM IST | Mumbai | Ranjeet Jadhav
Amur falcons migrate from eastern Asia to southern Africa. File Pic/Manipur forest department and Wildlife Institute of India
Three satellite-tagged Amur falcons -- Apapang, Alang, and Ahu -- have made remarkable progress on their long migratory journey from Manipur, India, towards Africa, according to officials from the Manipur Forest Department.
IAS officer Supriya Sahu shared updates on X, highlighting the extraordinary endurance of the birds.
"The Amur Falcons are rewriting the limits of endurance. Apapang and Alang have crossed into Kenya, while Ahu is at the northern tip of Somalia. They are likely to stop over at Tsavo National Park in Kenya," she wrote on X.
Apapang, tagged with orange, has flown 6,100 km in just 6 days and 8 hours nonstop, creating a single unbroken arc across continents.
Alang, the youngest bird with a yellow tag, has covered 5,600 km in 6 days 14 hours, including short halts in Telangana and Maharashtra before heading over the Arabian Sea.
Ahu, carrying a red tag, has travelled 5,100 km in 5 days 14 hours, with a brief pause in western Bangladesh before taking a more northerly route to Somalia.
Supriya Sahu described the journey as a display of "raw beauty of migration, precision, instinct, wind, stamina, and courage," praising the incredible feat of these migratory birds.
