SSC
INDIAN POLITY
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Question
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Longleng and Chiulan are the names of which migratory birds recently mentioned by the Union Environment Ministry?
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Amur Falcon
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Eurasian hobby
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Caspian plover
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Spotted kestrel
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Amur Falcon – Introduction. Scientific Name of Amur Falcon – Falco amurensis. Nagaland is known as the Falcon Capital of the world. As 1 million Amur Falcons roost in Nagaland, this place in India was declared as the Falcon Capital of the World by the Ornithologists.
Detailed explanation-2: -Locally known as Akhuipuina, the bird arrives mainly in Manipur and Nagaland on its southbound migration from breeding grounds in North China, Eastern Mongolia and far-east Russia en-route to its wintering grounds in South Africa. The one-way journey via India is about 20, 000 km long and the birds do this twice a year.
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