Flora and Fauna
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)
Badminton-ball (Parkia biglandulosa, African Locust, Nitta)
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)
Flame of the Forest (Butea monosperma, Palash)
Guava (Psidium guajava)
Golden Bell (Tabebuia argentea, Tree of gold)
Golden Shower (Cassia Fistula, Indian Laburnum)
Indian Almond (Terminalia catappa, Tropical Almond)
Indian Beech (Millettia pinnata, Honge)
Indian Cork (Millingtonia hortensis, Aakasha Mallige)
Indian Gooseberry (Phyllanthus emblica, Amla)
Indian Mahogany (Swietenia mahagoni)
Indian Medlar (Mimusops elengi, Spanish Cherry, Pagade, Bakul)
Indian Rosewood (Dalbergia sissoo, Sheesham, Tahli)
Indian Tulip (Thespesia populnea, Portia Tree)
Jacaranda (Jacaranda mimosifolia, Blue Jacaranda)
Jamun (Syzygium cumini, Black Plum)
Kadamba (Neolamarckia cadamba)
Markhamia (Markhamia lutea, Nile Tulip)
Neem (Azadirachta indica, Indian Lilac)
Night-flowering Jasmine (Nyctanthes arbor-tristis, Parijata)
Paradise Tree (Simarouba glauca)
Peepul (Fiscus religiosa, Sacred fig)
Pride Of India (Lagerstroemia speciosa, Queen's Crape-myrtle)
Rosewood (Dalbergia latifolia)
Rusty acacia (Acacia ferruginea, Banni)
Red Sandalwood (Pterocarpus santalinus, Raktachandana)
Sampige (Michelia champaca, Champaka)
Silk Cotton (white) (Bombax)
Silk Floss (Ceiba speciosa)
Singapore Cherry (Muntingia calabura, Jamacian Cherry)
White Teak (Gmelina arborea, Shivani)
Wild Date Palm (Phoenix sylvestris, Khajura)
Wood Apple (Limonia acidissima, Elephant Apple)
OTHER PLANTS
Bougainvillea (Bougainvillea glabra, Paper Flower)
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
CORMORANTS
Family: Phalacrocoracidae
DARTERS
Family: Anhingidae
DUCKS & GEESE
Family: Anatidae
Bar-headed Goose*
Ruddy Shelduck*
Comb Duck*
Eurasian Wigeon*
Northern Shoveler*
Northern Pintail*
Common Teal*
Common Pochard*
FLAMINGOS
Family: Phoenicopteridae
Greater Flamingo*
GREBES
Family: Podicipedidae
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
JACANAS
Family: Jacanidae
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
PELICANS
Family: Pelecanidae
White Pelican*
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
Family: Pycnonotidae
CHATS
Family: Muscicapidae
CHICKADEES & TITS
Family: Paridae
CROWS
Family: Corvidae
CUCKOOS
Family: Cuculidae
DOVES & PIGEONS
Family: Columbidae
DRONGOS
Family: Dicruridae
FINCHES
Family: Estrildidae
FLOWERPECKERS
Family: Dicaeidae
FOWLS
Family: Phasianidae
HERONS
Family: Ardeidae
HORNBILLS
Family: Bucerotidae
KITES & HARRIERS
Family: Accipitridae
MYNAS & STARLINGS
Family: Sturnidae
Grey-headed Mynah (Chestnut-tailed Starling)*
OWLS
Family: Strigidae
Barn Owl
PARROTS
Family: Psittacidae
SHRIKES
Family: Laniidae
SPARROWS
Family: Passeridae
SUNBIRDS
Family: Nectariniidae
SWALLOWS
Family: Hirundinidae
SWIFTS
Family:Apodidae
WARBLERS
Family: Acrocephalidae
WARBLERS
Family: Phylloscopidae
WARBLERS, FANTAIL
Family: Cisticolidae
WHITE-EYES
Family: Zosteropidae
WOODPECKERS
Family: Picidae
Non-Avian Fauna
at the lake