India bird sanctuary
Chintamoni Kar Bird Sanctuary
209 bird species recorded; the most from February to March.
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30
This month here
142 species in January.166 species in February.156 species in March.144 species in April.113 species in May.96 species in June.87 species in July.92 species in August.120 species in September.136 species in October.128 species in November.150 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
209 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 209Speciesrecorded more than once
- 77Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 31,557Recordsopen records within 4 km
- 17Raptors
- 7Owls
- 9Waders
- 1Gulls & seabirds
- 4Ducks & geese
- 14Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 103Songbirds
- 52Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 209 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors17 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Crested Serpent EagleSpilornis cheela
- Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
- Changeable Hawk-EagleNisaetus cirrhatus
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Booted eagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Eastern Marsh-harrierCircus spilonotus
- Pied HarrierCircus melanoleucos
- Indian spotted eagleAquila hastata
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Jerdon's BazaAviceda jerdoni
- Grey-headed Fish EagleIcthyophaga ichthyaetusNT
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- White-rumped VultureGyps bengalensisCR
- Brahminy KiteHaliastur indus
- Amur FalconFalco amurensis
Owls7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Brown Fish OwlKetupa zeylonensis
- Brown BoobookNinox scutulata
- Collared Scops-owlOtus lettia
- Spotted OwletAthene brama
- Eastern Barn OwlTyto javanica
- Oriental Scops-owlOtus sunia
- Indian Scops OwlOtus bakkamoena
Waders9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Bronze-winged JacanaMetopidius indicus
- Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
- Pheasant-tailed JacanaHydrophasianus chirurgus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Grey-headed LapwingVanellus cinereus
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Gulls & seabirds1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Ducks & geese4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Cotton Pygmy GooseNettapus coromandelianus
- Lesser Whistling DuckDendrocygna javanica
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- Fulvous Whistling-duckDendrocygna bicolor
Herons, ibises & grebes14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Indian Pond-HeronArdeola grayii
- Little CormorantMicrocarbo niger
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Indian CormorantPhalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Oriental DarterAnhinga melanogaster
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Black-necked IbisThreskiornis melanocephalus
Storks & cranes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Asian Open-bill StorkAnastomus oscitans
- Painted StorkMycteria leucocephala
Songbirds103 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
- Jungle babblerTurdoides striata
- Black-hooded OrioleOriolus xanthornus
- Common TailorbirdOrthotomus sutorius
- Rufous TreepieDendrocitta vagabunda
- White-throated FantailRhipidura albicollis
- Oriental Magpie-robinCopsychus saularis
- Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
- Red-whiskered BulbulPycnonotus jocosus
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Bronzed DrongoDicrurus aeneus
- Purple SunbirdCinnyris asiaticus
- House CrowCorvus splendens
- Indian Pied MynaGracupica contra
- Orange-headed ThrushGeokichla citrina
- Common IoraAegithina tiphia
- Cinereous TitParus cinereus
- Jungle MynaAcridotheres fuscus
- Indian White-eyeZosterops palpebrosus
- White-rumped MuniaLonchura striata
- Chestnut-tailed StarlingSturnia malabarica
- Taiga FlycatcherFicedula albicilla
- Pale-billed FlowerpeckerDicaeum erythrorhynchos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Blyth’s Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum
- Black-naped MonarchHypothymis azurea
- Ashy Wood SwallowArtamus fuscus
- Purple-rumped SunbirdLeptocoma zeylonica
- Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
- Hair-crested DrongoDicrurus hottentottus
- Forest WagtailDendronanthus indicus
- Dusky warblerPhylloscopus fuscatus
- Blue-throated Blue FlycatcherCyornis rubeculoides
- Dicrurus leucophaeusDicrurus leucophaeus
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- Plain PriniaPrinia inornata
- Greenish WarblerPhylloscopus trochiloides
- Oriolus kundooOriolus kundoo
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Indian Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone paradisi
- Oriolus chinensisOriolus chinensis
- Clamorous Reed WarblerAcrocephalus stentoreus
- Verditer FlycatcherEumyias thalassinus
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Lanius schachLanius schach
- Small MinivetPericrocotus cinnamomeus
- Lesser Racket-tailed DrongoDicrurus remifer
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- FirethroatLuscinia pectardens
- Indian PittaPitta brachyura
- Tickell's ThrushTurdus unicolor
- Spice FinchLonchura punctulata
- Black-winged CuckooshrikeCoracina melaschistos
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Black-headed Cuckoo-shrikeCoracina melanoptera
- Paddyfield PipitAnthus rufulus
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Brown-breasted FlycatcherMuscicapa muttui
- Scaly ThrushZoothera dauma
- Green-crowned Warbler or Golden-spectacled WarblerSeicercus burkii
- Black-headed MuniaLonchura malacca
- Baya WeaverPloceus philippinus
- Indian Blue RobinLuscinia brunnea
- Scarlet-backed FlowerpeckerDicaeum cruentatum
- Large-billed Leaf-warblerPhylloscopus magnirostris
- Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricola
- Siberian stonechatSaxicola maurus
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- Red AvadavatAmandava amandava
- Dicrurus annectensDicrurus annectens
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Muscicapa latirostrisMuscicapa latirostris
- Brahminy StarlingSturnia pagodarum
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- Little SpiderhunterArachnothera longirostra
- Common WoodshrikeTephrodornis pondicerianus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Red-breasted flycatcherFicedula parva
- Grey-headed Canary-FlycatcherCulicicapa ceylonensis
- Malacocincla abbottiMalacocincla abbotti
- Jerdon's LeafbirdChloropsis jerdoni
- Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Pallas’s grasshopper warblerLocustella certhiola
- Thick-billed WarblerIduna aedon
- Grey-backed ShrikeLanius tephronotus
- Indian SilverbillEuodice malabarica
- Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
- Javan CuckooshrikeCoracina javensis
- Bank MynaAcridotheres ginginianus
- Oriental SkylarkAlauda gulgula
- Rusty-tailed FlycatcherMuscicapa ruficauda
- Striated GrassbirdMegalurus palustris
- Eyebrowed thrushTurdus obscurus
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Siberian RubythroatLuscinia calliope
- Yellow-vented WarblerPhylloscopus cantator
- Blue-capped Rock ThrushMonticola cinclorhynchus
- Booted WarblerIduna caligata
- Large-billed Reed WarblerAcrocephalus orinus
- Streak-throated SwallowPetrochelidon fluvicola
- Loten's SunbirdCinnyris lotenius
- Phylloscopus nitidusPhylloscopus nitidus
Other birds52 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eastern Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
- Common KoelEudynamys scolopaceus
- Lineated BarbetPsilopogon lineatus
- Blue-throated barbetPsilopogon asiaticus
- Greater CoucalCentropus sinensis
- White-breasted KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
- Black-rumped FlamebackDinopium benghalense
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Fulvous-breasted WoodpeckerDendrocopos macei
- Streak-throated WoodpeckerPicus xanthopygaeus
- White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
- Coppersmith BarbetPsilopogon haemacephalus
- Asian Palm-swiftCypsiurus balasiensis
- Stork-billed KingfisherPelargopsis capensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
- Large-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus macrurus
- Cuculus variusCuculus varius
- Yellow-footed Green-pigeonTreron phoenicopterus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Greater FlamebackChrysocolaptes guttacristatus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common Emerald DoveChalcophaps indica
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Slaty-legged CrakeRallina eurizonoides
- Alexandrine ParakeetPsittacula eupatria
- Plaintive CuckooCacomantis merulinus
- CootFulica atra
- Rufous WoodpeckerMicropternus brachyurus
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Orange-breasted Green-pigeonTreron bicinctus
- Plum-headed ParakeetPsittacula cyanocephala
- Lesser CoucalCentropus bengalensis
- Slaty-breasted RailGallirallus striatus
- House SwiftApus nipalensis
- Red-breasted ParakeetPsittacula alexandriNT
- Indian RollerCoracias benghalensisNT
- Blue-tailed Bee-eaterMerops philippinus
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
- Ruddy-breasted CrakePorzana fusca
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eaterMerops leschenaulti
- WatercockGallicrex cinerea
- Baillon's CrakePorzana pusilla
- Indian CuckooCuculus micropterus
- Red Collared DoveStreptopelia tranquebarica
- Grey-bellied CuckooCacomantis passerinus
- Grey-capped Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus canicapillus
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species from February to March.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan24°/10°13 mm
- Feb30°/14°20 mm
- Mar35°/20°31 mm
- Apr38°/24°50 mm
- May37°/26°144 mm
- Jun33°/27°231 mm
- Jul31°/26°333 mm
- Aug31°/26°308 mm
- Sep30°/25°259 mm
- Oct30°/22°146 mm
- Nov27°/17°22 mm
- Dec24°/11°9 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Chintamoni Kar Bird Sanctuary.
Nature reserve in West Bengal, India
Chintamoni Kar Bird Sanctuary is a bird sanctuary in India.
209 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 31,557 open records.
The most recorded are the Red-vented Bulbul, the Jungle babbler and the Black-hooded Oriole.
17 species come for the summer, 55 for the winter and 5 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including White-rumped Vulture.
The most species are recorded from February to March.
Get there and watch
- Gala Time Hostelplace to stay · 5.1 km · 31 within 10 km
- Rajpur Sonarpurnearest town · 3.4 km in a straight line
- Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport (CCU)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 25 km in a straight lineCar hire at CCU airport (Kolkata)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 31places to stay within 10 kmGala Time Hostel, galatime hostel, Shreeram Enclave and 28 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- campsites within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Chintamoni Kar Bird Sanctuary.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 kmRabindra Sarobar0.2 km² · 10 km
Darkskyas2 dark-sky places within 30 kmM. P. Birla PlanetariumBortle 9 · 14 kmHowrah Planetarium and Astronomical Research CentreBortle 9 · 18 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Chintamoni Kar Bird Sanctuary
India
- 62Birdyas Score
- 209Species
- 77Migrants
- 1Threatened
Sundarbans Reserved Forest
Bangladesh · 123 km
- 53Birdyas Score
- 127Species
- 46Migrants
- 1Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q5101326) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 31,557 open bird records within 4 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Lakeyas, Darkskyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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