Radio-tagged Amur Falcon in Manipur (Photo: AT)

Guwahati, May 11: Apapang, a male Amur Falcon (Falco amurensis), radio-tagged along with two other falcons in Manipur's Tamenglong district, has now reached eastern Myanmar.

Earlier on May 5, the bird had made a record non-stop flight of 4,750 km from Africa (Somalia) to central India, crossing the Arabian Sea in 95 hours, officials said.

Confirming this on Sunday, Dr Suresh Kumar of Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun, who had been monitoring the bird's migratory route, said that Apapang has reached eastern Myanmar. Three satellite-tagged Amur Falcons named Apapang, Ahu and Alang have started their migratory journey soon after being radio-tagged with satellite transmitters from Chiuluan village in Tamenglong district on November 11 last year. Apapang is an adult male falcon, while Alu and Alang are females.

It may be recalled that Apapang had already made a non-stop flight of 6,100 km to Kenya in just under a week, crossing the Arabian Sea in its onward migratory journey in November 2025.

According to officials, both Ahu and Alang were yet to start their non-stop flight from Somalia.

The radio-tagging programme of the Amur Falcon was taken up by Manipur's Tamenglong Forest Division for the first time in November 2018 in the hill district, in a move to conserve wildlife.

The Amur falcons, locally known as Akhuaipuina (Taomuanpui), which are protected under the Wildlife Protection Act 1972 and included under Schedule I, spend their summers at their breeding grounds in southeast Russia and northeast China.