In yet another testimony of the extraordinary durability of migratory birds, the satellite-tagged Amur Falcon, named “Ciuluan 2,” completed a distance of about 3,800 km in one non-stop flight. The above flight took me from Somalia to India in just 93 hours.
Between breeding sites in Siberia, northern China and Mongolia and wintering habitats in South Africa, the Amur Falcons generally travel around 20,000 km a year, making them one of the world's longest migrant migrants for birds. Effective surveillance of “Chiuluan 2” gives scientists important information about the pathways of species' migration, rest stops, and the difficulties they encounter on long-term travel.
