Kaliasoth

Kaliasoth dam, again with catchment area of 17 sq. kmt. And a large forest area provides a good opportunity to see wide variety of birds. Birding area starts from the stop dam where you can see lots of swifts and martins till the bull mother farm. Black shouldered kite can be seen over WALMI with its hovering flight.

Kalia soth (Kaliasot) dam is said to be one of the series of rivulets that were identified by Raja Bhoj while creating lakes and water reservoirs around the city of Bhopal. The legend says that it was one Kalia Gond (a Gond tribes man) who helped King Bhoj to find places that would bring water to the Betwa river. This dam is therefore known as KaliaSoth dam.

Originally it was supposed to carry out the water from the upper lake to the betwa river but later another dam was built at Bhadbhada (Bhadbhada dam) that could check this flow and allow water in the Kalia soth only when Upper lake would overflow. Bhadbhada covers the southern part of Upper lake and acts as a checking mechanism between the upper lake and kaliasoth dam.

Kaliasoth dam can be reached from Shahpura while crossing the Kolar Road. A beautiful road leads to the dam with trees on both the sides and a Amrai (Garden of Mango trees) on the way. The Institute of excellence college and WALMI (Water and land management Institue) are the educational and research institutions that are located near the dam.


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Checklist of Avian Fauna of Kaliasoth

	Common Name	Scientific Name	Migratory Status
1	Greater coucal	Centropus sinensis	Resident
2	Grey Francolin	Francolinus pondicerianus	Resident
3	Grey headed flycatcher	Culicicapa ceylonensis	Local Migratory
4	Grey heron	Ardea cinerea linnaeus	Resident
5	Grey hornbill	Ocyceros birostris	Resident
6	Grey wagtail	Motacilla cinerea tunstall	Migratory
7	Hoopoe	Upupa epops	Resident
8	House crow	Corvus splendens	Resident
9	House sparrow	Passer domesticus	Resident
10	House swift	Apus affinis	Resident
11	Indian bush lark	Mirafra erythropetra blyth	Resident
12	Indian cormorant	Phalacrocorax fusicollis stephens	Migratory
13	Indian robin	Saxicoloides fulicata	Resident
14	Indian roller	Coracias benghalensis	Resident
15	Indian treepie	Dendrocitta Vagabunda	Resident
16	Iora	Aegithina tiphia	Resident
17	Jungle babbler	Turdoides striatus	Resident
18	Jungle crow	Corvus macrorhyncos wagler	Resident
19	Jungle prinia	Prinia sylvatica jerdon	Resident
20	Large cormorant	Phalacorax carbo	Migratory
21	Large grey babbler	Turdoides malcolmi	Resident
22	Laughing dove	Streptopelia Senegalensis	Resident
23	Little Cormorant	Phalacrocorax Niger	Local Migratory
24	Little egret	Egretta garzeta	Resident
25	Long tailed shrike	Lanius schach linnaeus	Resident
26	Median egret	Mesophoyx intermedia	Resident
27	Oriental magpie robin	Copsychus saularis	Resident
28	Paddyfield pipit	Anthus rufulus vieillot	Resident
29	Painted stork	Mycteria leucocephala	Local Migratory
30	Pariah kite	Milvus migrans	Resident
31	Pied bushchat	Saxicola caprata	Local Migratory
32	Pied crested cuckoo	Clamator jacobinus	Migratory
33	Pied kingfisher	Ceryle rudis	Resident
34	Plum headed parakeet	Psittacula cyanocephala	Resident
35	Pond heron	Ardeola grayii	Resident
36	Purple moorhen	Porphyrio porphyrio	Resident
37	Purple sunbird	Nectarinia asiatica	Resident
38	Red collared dove	Streptopelia tranquebarica	Resident
39	Red vented bulbul	Pycnonotus cafer	Resident
40	Red wattled lapwing	Vanellus indicus	Resident
41	River tern	Sterna aurantia	Resident
42	Rose ringed parakeet	Psittacula krameri	Resident
43	Roufous Tailed Finch Lark	Ammomanes phoenicurus	Resident
44	Shikra	Accipiter badius	Resident
45	Silver billed munia	Lonchura malabarica	Resident
46	Small blue kingfisher	Alcedo atthis	Resident
47	Small green bee-eater	Merops orientalis	Resident
48	Spotted dove	Streptopelia chinensis	Resident
49	White breasted kingfisher	Halcyon smrnensisy	Resident
50	White breasted waterhen	Amourornis phoenicurus	Resident
51	White browed wagtail	Motacilla maderaspatensis gmelin	Resident
52	Wire tailed swallow	Hirundo smithii leach	Resident
53	Yellow Eyed Babbler	Chrysomma sinense	Resident
54	Ashy prinia	Prinia socialis	Resident
55	Asian koel	Eudynamys scolopacea	Resident
56	Asian pied myna	Sturnus contra linnaeus	Resident
57	Bay backed shrike	Lanius vittatus	Resident
58	Baya weaver	Ploceus philippinus	Local Migratory
59	Black drongo	Dicrurus macrocercus vieillot	Resident
60	Black redstart	Phoenicurus ochruros	Migratory
61	Black shouldered kite	Elanus caeruleus	Resident
62	Black winged stilt	Himantopus himantopus	Resident
63	Blue rock pigeon	Columba livia Gmelin	Resident
64	Bluethroat	Luscinia svecica	Migratory
65	Booted warbler	Hippolais caligata	Migratory
66	Brahminy shelduck	Tadorna ferruginea	Migratory
67	Brahminy starling	Sturnus pagodarum	Resident
68	Brainfever	Hierococcyx varius vahl	Resident
69	Bronze winged jacana	Metopidious indicus	Resident
70	Brown Headed Gull	Larus brunnicephalus	Migratory
71	Brown rock chat	Cercomela fusca	Resident
72	Cattle egret	Bubulcus ibis	Resident
73	Chestnut Bittern	Ixobrychus cinnamomeus	Local Migratory
74	Common babbler	Turdoides caudatus	Resident
75	Common Buttonquail	Turnix suscitator	Resident
76	Common Coot	Fulica atra linnaeus	Migratory
77	Common myna	Acridotheres tristis	Resident
78	Common Peafowl	Pavo cristatus	Resident
79	Common stonechat	Saxicola torquata	Migratory
80	Common teal	Anas creeca linnaeus	Migratory
81	Coppersmith barbet	Megalaima haemacephala	Resident
82	Crested Bunting	Melophus lathami	Local Migratory
83	Crested Lark	Galerida cristata	Resident
84	Darter	Anhinga melanogaster	Local Migratory
85	Dusky crag martin	Hirundo concolor	Resident
86	Egyptian vulture	Neophron percnopterus	Resident
87	Eurasian collored dove	Streptopelia decaocto	Resident
88	Great tit	Parus major linnaeus	Resident