Kolar Dam

Kolar Dam, about 40 kms from Bhopal is a treat to visit in monsoons with lush green carpet spread all over and water streams flowing at different places. Forest is dense and provides home to woodpeckers and owlets. During winters, many terrestrial migratory birds like flycatchers and wagtails arrive here. Local bird sellers catch plum headed parakeets from this forest.

Leela resort, on the way provides a parking place. Further moving to Kathotiya is a bumpy ride through a kachha road. Pipits and larks can be seen here on the rocky areas. This place is famous for adventure sports.

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Checklist of Avian Fauna of Kolar

	Common Name	Scientific Name	Migratory Status
1	Greater coucal	Centropus sinensis	Resident
2	Grey headed flycatcher	Culicicapa ceylonensis	Local Migratory
3	Grey hornbill	Ocyceros birostris	Resident
4	Hoopoe	Upupa epops	Resident
5	House crow	Corvus splendens	Resident
6	House sparrow	Passer domesticus	Resident
7	Indian bush lark	Mirafra erythropetra blyth	Resident
8	Indian robin	Saxicoloides fulicata	Resident
9	Indian roller	Coracias benghalensis	Resident
10	Indian treepie	Dendrocitta Vagabunda	Resident
11	Isabeline wheatear	Oenanthe isabellina	Migratory
12	Jungle babbler	Turdoides striatus	Resident
13	Jungle crow	Corvus macrorhyncos wagler	Resident
14	Large grey babbler	Turdoides malcolmi	Resident
15	Laughing dove	Streptopelia Senegalensis	Resident
16	Long tailed shrike	Lanius schach linnaeus	Resident
17	Oriental magpie robin	Copsychus saularis	Resident
18	Oriental tree pipit	Anthus hodgosoni richmond	Migratory
19	Paddyfield pipit	Anthus rufulus vieillot	Resident
20	Pied bushchat	Saxicola caprata	Local Migratory
21	Pond heron	Ardeola grayii	Resident
22	Purple sunbird	Nectarinia asiatica	Resident
23	Red breasted flycatcher	Ficedula parva	Migratory
24	Red collared dove	Streptopelia tranquebarica	Resident
25	Red vented bulbul	Pycnonotus cafer	Resident
26	Red wattled lapwing	Vanellus indicus	Resident
27	Rose ringed parakeet	Psittacula krameri	Resident
28	Roufous Tailed Finch Lark	Ammomanes phoenicurus	Resident
29	Shikra	Accipiter badius	Resident
30	Silver billed munia	Lonchura malabarica	Resident
31	Small green bee-eater	Merops orientalis	Resident
32	Small minivet	Pericrocotus cinnamomeus	Resident
33	Spotted dove	Streptopelia chinensis	Resident
34	Thick billed flowerpecker	Dicaeum agile	Resident
35	Tickells blue flycatcher	Cyorns tickelliae	Local Migratory
36	White breasted kingfisher	Halcyon smrnensisy	Resident
37	Alexandrine parakeet	Psittacula eupatria	Resident
38	Ashy crowned sparrow lark	Eremopterix risea	Resident
39	Ashy prinia	Prinia socialis	Resident
40	Asian koel	Eudynamys scolopacea	Resident
41	Asian pied myna	Sturnus contra linnaeus	Resident
42	Bay backed shrike	Lanius vittatus	Resident
43	Black drongo	Dicrurus macrocercus vieillot	Resident
44	Black redstart	Phoenicurus ochruros	Migratory
45	Black shouldered kite	Elanus caeruleus	Resident
46	Black winged stilt	Himantopus himantopus	Resident
47	Blue rock pigeon	Columba livia Gmelin	Resident
48	Booted warbler	Hippolais caligata	Migratory
49	Brahminy starling	Sturnus pagodarum	Resident
50	Brainfever	Hierococcyx varius vahl	Resident
51	Bronze winged jacana	Metopidious indicus	Resident
52	Brown capped pigmy woodpecker	Dendrocopos nanus	Resident
53	Brown rock chat	Cercomela fusca	Resident
54	Cattle egret	Bubulcus ibis	Resident
55	Common babbler	Turdoides caudatus	Resident
56	Common myna	Acridotheres tristis	Resident
57	Common Peafowl	Pavo cristatus	Resident
58	Common stonechat	Saxicola torquata	Migratory
59	Coppersmith barbet	Megalaima haemacephala	Resident
60	Crested Bunting	Melophus lathami	Local Migratory
61	Dusky crag martin	Hirundo concolor	Resident
62	Egyptian vulture	Neophron percnopterus	Resident
63	Eurasian collored dove	Streptopelia decaocto	Resident
64	Eurasian golden oriole	Oriolus oriolus	Resident
65	Great tit	Parus major linnaeus	Resident
66	Yellow throated sparrow	Petronia xanthocollis	Local Migratory
67	Humes Warbler	Phylloscopus humei	Migratory
68	Sulpher Bellied Warbler	Phylloscopus griseolus	Migratory
69	Black Headed Oriole	Oriolus xanthornus
70	White bellied drongo	Dicrurus caerulescens	Resident
71	Crested Bunting	Melophus lathami	Local Migratory