Chintamoni Kar Bird Sanctuary
Chintamoni Kar Bird Sanctuary, formerly known as Kayaler Bagan, is a bird sanctuary located in West Bengal, India, south of Kolkata. This garden is famous for its wide variety of birds, butterflies, ferns and orchids.
History
It was given sanctuary status in 1982. Before then, it was originally a large mango garden with huge mango trees. The government of West Bengal took the initiative to make it open to the public and acquired it from private owners in October 2005. On 8 September 2004 it was named Narendrapur Wildlife Sanctuary, and on 21 October 2005 it was renamed Chintamoni Kar Bird Sanctuary, in honour of celebrated sculptor Chintamoni Kar, who had for many years strived relentlessly to give "Kayaler Bagan" the status of a sanctuary.Transport
The nearest populated place, Narendrapur, is 15 km from Sealdah on the SealdahSonarpur line 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.List of common birds
The names in brackets "" are the scientific names.- Ashy drongo
- Asian koel
- Brown fish owl
- Black drongo
- Shikra
- Indian pond heron
- Bronzed drongo
- Cattle egret
- Scaly-breasted munia
- Little egret
- Little cormorant
- White wagtail
- Asian green bee-eater
- House crow
- Large-billed crow
- Rufous treepie
- White-throated kingfisher
- Stork-billed kingfisher
- Fulvous-breasted woodpecker
- Rufous woodpecker
- Streak-throated woodpecker
- Common emerald dove
- Spotted dove
- Indian paradise flycatcher
- Oriental magpie-robin
- Olive-backed sunbird
- Black-hooded oriole
- Cinereous tit
- Chestnut-tailed starling
- Red-vented bulbul
- Oriental white eye
- White-throated fantail
List of common spiders
- Garden spider or signature spider
- Imitation spider
- Grass jewel spider
- Lagalaisei's garden spider
- Kidney garden spider
- Tent web spider or dome weavers
- Dark wolf spider
- Wolf spider
- Yellow sac spider
- Banded phintella jumping spider
- Joly spider
- Heavy bodied jumper
- Ant mimic spider
- Fighting spider
- Pantropical jumping spider
- Green crab spider
- Silver orb spider
- Orchard spider or decorative silver orb spider
- Common house spider
- Crab spider or brown flower spider
List of common butterflies
- Common Jezebel হরতনি
- Redbase Jezebel লোপামুদ্রা
- Tawny coster হরিনছড়া
- Common leopard চিতা
- Grey pansy চাঁদনরি
- Common jester পিপুল্কাটি
- Peacock pansy নয়ান
- Striped tiger বাঘবল্লা
- Blue tiger
- Chestnut tiger ছিট্মউল
- Common emigrant পায়রাচালি
- Common pierrot তিলাইয়া
- Red pierrot সাজুন্তি