India News | Odisha Govt Fits GPS Tracker on Two Birds to Study Migratory Pattern

Bhubaneswar, Jan 12 (PTI) In a bid to study the pattern of migration of birds visiting Chilika Lake every year during winter, the Odisha government fitted solar-powered trackers on two flamingos for the first time.

A senior forest department official said that the solar-powered trackers with global positioning system (GPS) and global system for mobile communications (GSM) would provide real-time data transmission.

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Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) Prem Kumar Jha said the initiative aims at tracking the migratory patterns of the annual aviation guests to Chilika Lake.

“For the first time, a GPS-GSM solar-powered tracker was fitted on 2 Greater Flamingo at Nalabana, Chilika, by Odisha Wildlife Org & @wii_india led by Dr. Suresh Kumar. This will track movements and migration pattern of these majestic birds. #Chilika @ForestDeptt@CMO_Odisha,” Jha said in a post on X.

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Last year, around 11.37 lakh migratory birds of 187 species from far-flung places like Siberia, Russia, Mongolia and central and southeast Asia had thronged the Chilika Lake, the largest brackish water lagoon in Asia, the officials said.

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