Notably, a first batch of the small-sized raptors numbering around 20 /30 have landed in Tamenglong as locals on Friday witnessed them hovering in skies overhead a jungle close to the district headquarters.
Imphal: As multitudes of Amur falcons are set to arrive in forest-rich Tamenglong in the next few days, forest officials and animal lovers of the Zeli.
The long-distance migratory birds usually arrive in Manipur, mostly in Tamenglong and neighbouring Nagaland in mid-October from their breeding grounds in South Eastern Siberia and Northern China, wildlife experts said.
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Amur Falcon (Falco amurensis) is a small raptor belonging to falcon family (Falconidae). Its diet consists mainly of insects, such as beetles, grasshoppers