Chintamoni Kar Bird Sanctuary
| Chintamani Kar Bird Sanctuary | |
|---|---|
| Location | West Bengal, India |
| Nearest city | Kolkata |
| Established | 1982 |
Chintamoni Kar Bird Sanctuary also known as 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 place is famous for the place for birds. This garden is famous for availability of wide variety of birds, butterflies, ferns and orchids.[2]
History
This is an 'Abhay Aranya, or Sanctuary, originally given the status in year 1982. Govt. of West Bengal took the initiative to make it open to the public and acquired it from private owners in October 2005 at quite a price. 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 21.10.2005. 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 in 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 (Drury); Cathaemia eucharis (Drury))
- Red based Jezebel লোপামুদ্রা (Delias aglaia (Boisduval); Anaemorpha descombesi (Boisduval))
- Tawny Coster হরিনছড়া (Acraea violae (Fabricius))
- Common leopard চিতা (Phalanta phalantha (Drury))
- Grey Pansy চাঁদনরি (Precis atlites (Linnaeus);(Junonia atlites (Linnaeus))
- Common Jester পিপুল্কাটি (Symbrenthia lilaea (Moore);Symbrenthia hippoclus (Moore))
- Peacock Pansy নয়ান (Junonia almana (Linnaeus); Precis almana (Linnaeus))
- Striped Tiger বাঘবল্লা (Danaus genutia (Cramer))
- Blue Tiger (Tirumala linniace (Butler))
- Chestnut Tiger ছিট্মউল (Parantica sita (Kollar); Parantica tytia (Gray))
- Common Emigrant পায়রাচালি (Catopsilia pomona (Fabricius))
- Common Pierrot তিলাইয়া (Castalius rosimon (Fabricius))
- Red Pierrot সাজুন্তি (Talicada nyseus (Guerin-Meneville))
See also
References
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- ↑ "CKBS". www.bengalbirds.info.
- ↑ "Kolkata city's little secret - CKBS". Kolkatabirds.com.
- ↑ "Chintamani Kar Wild Life Sanctuary". Wild Bengal Directorate of Forests, Government of West Bengal.
- ↑ "Spiders Observed at Chintamoni Kar Bird Sanctuary (CKBS)". Chintamani Kar Bird Sanctuary Blog.