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Amur Falcon

2022 NOV 7

Preliminary   > Environment and Ecology   >   Species extinction & protection   >   Species in news

Why in news?

  • With the arrival of the Amur falcon, the Tamenglong district administration in Manipur has banned airguns and directed them to be deposited with village authorities.
  • Hunting, catching, killing and selling the bird are also prohibited.

About Amur Falcons:

  • Amur falcons are world’s longest travelling raptors (22,000-kilometre migratory route) start travelling with the onset of winters.
  • The raptors breed in southeastern Siberia and northern China, and migrate in millions across India and then over the Indian Ocean to southern Africa before returning to Mongolia and Siberia.
  • They get their name from the Amur River that forms the border between Russia and China.
  • The birds are the least concern under the IUCN Red List.

???????Amur falcon and India:

  • Doyang Lake in Wokha, Nagaland is better known as a stopover for the Amur falcons during their annual migration from their breeding grounds to warmer South Africa.
  • Thus, Nagaland (Pangti Village) is also known as the "Falcon Capital of the World".
  • The species is protected under the Indian Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, and the Convention on Migratory Species, to which India is a signatory (which means it is mandatory to protect the birds).

PRACTICE QUESTION:

Consider the following statements regarding Amur Falcons

1. They are non-migratory bird species

2. They are listed as critically endangered in IUCN Red List

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

Answer