Birds captured at Puttenahalli Lake!
See more photographs at PNLIT Shutterbugs
Videos of birds at the lake can be seen here
When this website was started in 2010, bird sightings reported by visitors to the lake were tracked on these pages,
along with pictures as available. New species that are spotted are still recorded on the site,
but tracking is done on eBird, through the "Puttakere" birding hotspot here
You can track the birds and submit your sightings at Puttenahalli Lake on eBird here
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 Little Bittern Yellow Bittern Cinnamon Bittern Black Bittern IBISES & SPOONBILLS Family: Threskiornithidae 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 Pied Avocet* STORKS Family: Ciconiidae White Stork* SWALLOWS Family: Hirundinidae Wire-tailed 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 $$ Seen in areas close to the lake | Other Birds in the lake vicinity BABBLERS Family: Leiothrichidae BARBETS Family: Megalaimidae BEE-EATERS Family: Meropidae BULBULS CHATS Family: Muscicapidae CROWS Family: Corvidae CUCKOOS Family: Cuculidae DOVES & PIGEONS Family: Columbidae
DRONGOS FINCHES Family: Estrildidae FLOWERPECKERS HORNBILLS Family: Bucerotidae KITES & HARRIERS Family: Accipitridae MYNAS & Family: SturnidaeSTARLINGS OWLS Family: StrigidaeBarn Owl PARROTS Family: PsittacidaeSHRIKES Family: Laniidae SPARROWS Family: Passeridae SUNBIRDS Family: Nectariniidae SWIFTS Family:Apodidae WARBLERS WARBLERS, FANTAIL WHITE-EYES Family: Zosteropidae WOODPECKERS Non-Avian Fauna at the lake |
