Chintamani Kar Bird Sanctuary

"CKBS" redirects here. For other uses, see CKBS (disambiguation).

Kanwar Taal Bird Sanctuary
Location	Kolkata, India
Coordinates	22°25′45″N 88°24′04″E / 22.42917°N 88.40111°E / 22.42917; 88.40111Coordinates: 22°25′45″N 88°24′04″E / 22.42917°N 88.40111°E / 22.42917; 88.40111
Established	2005

Chintamani Kar Bird Sanactuary at Kolkata

Chintamani 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

Chintamani Kar Bird Sanactuary at Kolkata

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 8th 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 Sri 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

Common Name	Scientific name	Common Name	Scientific name	Common Name	Scientific name
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

See also

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

References

1. ^ "CKBS". www.bengalbirds.info. http://www.bengalbirds.info/ckbs_narendrapur_birds.php. 
2. ^ "Kolkata city's little secret - CKBS". Kolkatabirds.com. http://www.kolkatabirds.com/ckbs.htm. 
3. ^ "Chintamani Kar Wild Life Sanctuary". Wild Bengal Directorate of Forests, Government of West Bengal. http://www.wildbengal.com/urls/pa_san_chintamoni.htm.