Chintamoni Kar Bird Sanctuary

Chintamani Kar Bird Sanactuary at Kolkata

Chintamoni Kar Bird Sanctuary (CKBS) ^[1] (Narendrapur, 24Pgs (South), West Bengal, India) situated at south Kolkata and near Narendrapur Ramkrishna Mission. This is also known as Kayal-r Bagan. This garden is famous for availability of wide variety of birds, butterflies, ferns and orchids.^[2]

History

Chintamani Kar Bird Sanctuary at Kolkata

This is an "abhay aranya", or sanctuary, originally given the status in 1982. The government of West Bengal took the initiative to make it open to the public and acquired it from private owners in October 2005. The area was notified as Narendrapur Wildlife Sanctuary vide G O No.3019-FOR dated 8 September 2004. It was later renamed as Chintamani Kar Bird Sanctuary vide G.O No.4300-FOR/FR/O/L/6C-3/04 dated 21 October 2005. This was an honour to celebrated sculptor Chintamoni Kar, who had for many years fought relentlessly to gain the status "kayaler bagan" for the sanctuary.^[3]

Transport

The nearest popular place, Narendrapur, is 15 km from Sealdah on the Sealdah – Sonarpur section and is part of the Kolkata Suburban Railway system. It is connected by road to Garia and the EM Bypass. It is 20 km from howrah railway station.

Visiting hours

7:00 am to 5:00 pm throughout the year.

List of common birds

• Asian koel (Eudynamys scolopaceo)
• Brown fish owl (Ketupa zeylonensis)
• Shikra (Accipiter badius)
• Indian pond heron (Ardeola grayii)
• Cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis)
• Scaly-breasted munia (Lonchura punchtulata)
• Little egret (Egretta garzetta)
• Little cormorant (Phalacocorax niger)
• White wagtail (Motacilla alba personanta)
• Green bee-eater (Merops orientalis)
• House crow (Corvus splendens)
• Large-billed crow (Corvus macrorhynchos)
• Rufous treepie (Dendrocitta vagabunda)
• White-throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)
• Stork-billed kingfisher (Halcyon capensis)
• Fulvous-breasted woodpecker (Dendrocopos macei)
• Rufous woodpecker (Celeus brachyurus)
• Streak-throated woodpecker (Picus xanthopygaeus)
• Common emerald dove (Chalcophaps indica)
• Spotted dove (Spilopelia chinensis)
• Indian paradise flycatcher (terpsiphone paradisi)
• Oriental magpie-robin (Copsychus saularis)
• Black-hooded oriole (Oriolus xanthornus)
• Cinereous tit (Parus cinereus)
• Chestnut-tailed starling (Sturnia malabarica)
• Red-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer)

List of common spiders

• Garden spider or signature spider (Argiope pulchella)
• Imitation spider (Cyclosa sp.)
• Grass jewel spider (Cyrtarachne keralayensis)
• Lagalaisei's garden spider (Eriovixia sp.)
• Kidney garden spider (Araneus mitificus)
• Tent web spider or dome weavers (Cyrtophora sp.)
• Dark wolf spider (Pardosa sp.)
• Wolf spider (Lycosa sp.)
• Yellow sac spider (Cheiracanthium sp.)
• Banded phintella jumping spider (Phintella vittata)
• Joly spider (Epocilla aurantiaca)
• Heavy bodied jumper (Hyllus semicupreus)
• Ant mimic spider (Myrmarachne sp.)
• Fighting spider (Thiania sp.)
• Pantropical jumping spider (Plexippus paykulli)
• Green crab spider (Olios milleti)
• Silver orb spider (Leucauge granulata)
• Orchard spider or decorative silver orb spider (Leucauge decorate)
• Common house spider (Achaearanea sp.)
• Crab spider or brown flower spider (Camaricus sp.)^[4]

List of common butterflies

• Common Jezebel হরতনি (Delias eucharis)
• Redbase Jezebel লোপামুদ্রা (Delias pasithoe)
• Tawny coster হরিনছড়া (Acraea terpsicore)
• Common leopard চিতা (Phalanta phalantha)
• Grey pansy চাঁদনরি (Junonia atlites)
• Common jester পিপুল্কাটি (Symbrenthia lilaea)
• Peacock pansy নয়ান (Junonia almana)
• Striped tiger বাঘবল্লা (Danaus genutia)
• Blue tiger (Tirumala limniace)
• Chestnut tiger ছিট্মউল (Parantica sita)
• Common emigrant পায়রাচালি (Catopsilia pomona)
• Common pierrot তিলাইয়া (Castalius rosimon)
• Red pierrot সাজুন্তি (Talicada nyseus)

See also

• Kanwar Taal Bird Sanctuary
• Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary
• Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary

References

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