Flora at the lake Common name (Botanical name, Other names) TREES African Tulip (Spathodea campanulata, Rudra Palash, Flame of the Forest) Arjuna (Terminalia arjuna, Neer) Ashoka (Saraca asoca, Kenkali) Berr Bottlebrush (Callistemon) Butter Tree (Madhuca latifolia, Ippe) Cannon-ball (Couroupita guianensis, Ayahuma, Nagalingam) Cherry (Prunus) Clove (Syzygium aromaticum, Lavanga) Cluster Fig (Ficus glomerata, Atthi) Curry Tree (Murraya koenigii) Custard Apple (Annona recticulata) Guava (Psidium guajava) Golden Bell (Tabebuia argentea, Tree of gold) Indian Cork (Millingtonia hortensis, Aakasha Mallige) Indian Medlar (Mimusops elengi, Spanish Cherry, Pagade, Bakul) Indian Rosewood (Dalbergia sissoo, Sheesham, Tahli) Jacaranda (Jacaranda mimosifolia, Blue Jacaranda) Night-flowering Jasmine (Nyctanthes arbor-tristis, Parijata) Paradise Tree (Simarouba glauca) Rosewood (Dalbergia latifolia) Rusty acacia (Acacia ferruginea, Banni) Red Sandalwood (Pterocarpus santalinus, Raktachandana) Silk Cotton (white) (Bombax)
Silk Floss (Ceiba speciosa) Wood Apple (Limonia acidissima, Elephant Apple) OTHER PLANTS Clerodendrum (Clerodendrum, Bleeding heart) Jasmine (Jasminum) Lantana (Lantana camara) | Profile by Dr S. Subramanya (The list contains ALL Blr Lake Birds. Those spotted and identified at Puttenahalli Lake are linked below) * Migratory DUCKS & GEESE Family: Anatidae Bar-headed Goose* Ruddy Shelduck* Comb Duck* Eurasian Wigeon* Northern Shoveler* Northern Pintail* Common Teal* Common Pochard* GULLS Family: Laridae Brown-headed Gull* Black-headed Gull* HERONS Family: Ardeidae Western Reef Egret Great Egret Striated Heron Black-crowned Night Heron Little Bittern Yellow Bittern Cinnamon Bittern Black Bittern IBISES & SPOONBILLS Family: Threskiornithidae Glossy Ibis* Black-headed Ibis Black Ibis Eurasian Spoonbill KINGFISHERS Family: Alcedinidae KINGFISHERS Family: Halcyonidae KINGFISHERS Family: Cerylidae KITES & HARRIERS Family: Accipitridae Hen Harrier* Pallid Harrier* Pied Harrier* Greater Spotted Eagle* Osprey* LARKS Family: Alaudidae Oriental Skylark PLOVERS & LAPWINGS Family: Charadriidae Great Stone Plover Small Pratincole Pacific Golden Plover* Common Ringed Plover* Little Ringed Plover Kentish Plover* Yellow-wattled Lapwing RAILS & COOTS Family: Rallidae Brown Crake Baillon's Crake* Ruddy-breasted Crake Slaty-breasted Rail Watercock SANDPIPERS Family: Scolopacidae Pintail Snipe* Common Snipe* Jack Snipe* Black-tailed Godwit* Eurasian Curlew* Spotted Redshank* Marsh Sandpiper* Common Greenshank* Common Sandpiper* Little Stint* Temminck's Stint* Ruff* PAINTED SNIPE Family: Rostratulidae Greater Painted Snipe STILTS & AVOCETS Family: Recurvirostridae Black-winged Stilt* Pied Avocet* STORKS Family: Ciconiidae Painted Stork Asian Openbill White Stork* SWALLOWS Family: Hirundinidae Wire-tailed Swallow Red-rumped Swallow TERNS Family: Sternidae River Tern Black-bellied Tern Whiskered Tern* Gull-billed Tern* Caspian Tern* WAGTAILS Family: Motacillidae White Wagtail* Citrine Wagtail* Paddyfield Pipit Red-throated Pipit* WARBLERS Family: Sylviidae Paddyfield Warbler* Clamorous Reed Warbler* WARBLERS, FANTAIL Family: Cisticolidae Zitting Cisticola * Migratory ^^ No (good) photo capture | Other Birds in the lake vicinity BARBETS Family: Megalaimidae BEE-EATERS Family: Meropidae CROWS Family: Corvidae CUCKOOS Family: Cuculidae DOVES & PIGEONS Family: Columbidae
FINCHES Family: Estrildidae MYNAS & Family: SturnidaeSTARLINGS OWLS Family: StrigidaeBarn Owl PARROTS Family: PsittacidaeSPARROWS Family: Passeridae SUNBIRDS Family: Nectariniidae SWIFTS Family:Apodidae WARBLERS WARBLERS, FANTAIL WOODPECKERS Non-Avian Fauna at the lake |






