India, Jan. 27 -- The satellite-tagged Amur falcon (Falco amurensis) - 'Chiuluan2' - named after a village in Manipur's Tamenglong district, is now back in the Kalahari in Botswana after spending nearly 20 days in South Africa in the area not far from Johannesburg, Wildlife Institute of India (WII) scientist R Suresh Kumar, who is monitoring the bird's migratory route, said.

The bird had reached its first stopover site in Somalia after flying non-stop and crossing the Arabian Sea in five days and 17 hours in the last part of November last year.

"I am expecting the falcon to keep moving in circles depending on availability of food etc," said Kumar. "Potentially, rainfall further west and in the Kalahari region may be what Chiuluan2 is tr...