Message aux signatairesProtection of Kavesar Lake Habitat & Biodiversity (the last "natural" wetland of Thane)

Biodiversity mapping by citizens - Around 200 species recorded over a period of 5 years

Kailash AneraoThane, Inde
25 juin 2019

We have documented the following biodiversity within the Kavesar Lake and its riparian, catchment and buffer zone area of around 6-7 acres (around 2.50 hectares).

Birds :-
1. Common Coot
2. Spot-Billed Duck
3. Tricoloured Munia
4. Pale Billed Flowerpecker 
5. Pheasant Tailed Jacana
6. Asian Openbill
7. Common myna 
8. Asian Pied Starlings
9. Rose ringed parakeets 
10. Alexandrine parakeets
11. Black Drongo 
12. Jungle babbler
13. Tawny bellied babbler
14. Yellow eyed babbler
15. Clamorous Reed Warbler
16. White breasted waterhen 
17. Common Moorhen 
18. Indian pond heron 
19. Black crowned night heron 
20. Striated heron 
21. Black bittern 
22. Bronze-winged jacana 
23. Common kingfisher 
24. White breasted kingfisher 
25. Pied kingfisher 
26. Black kite 
27. Shikra 
28. Spotted dove
29. Tickell's blue flycatcher 
30. Asian brown flycatcher 
31. Spotted owlets 
32. Grey wagtail 
33. Little Egret
34. Lesser Whistling Ducks
35. Greater Coucal
36. Asian Koel
37. Red Vented Bulbuls
38. Red Whiskered Bulbuls
39. Green Bee-Eaters
40. Scaly Breasted Munia
41. House Sparrow
42. Large Billed Crow
43. Cattle Egrets
44. Coppersmith Barbet
45. Long-Tailed Shrike
46. Indian Robin
47. Oriental Magpie Robin
48. Indian Golden Oriole
49. Spot-breasted fantail
50. Purple-rumpled Sunbird
51. Rosy Starlings
52. Rock Pigeons
53. Common Tailor Bird
54. Ashy Prinia
55. Purple Heron
56. Median Egret 
57. Intermediate Egret
58. Common Iora
59. Shaheen Falcon  
60. White-eyed Buzzard (1 June 2025)
61. Black hooded Oriole
62. Booted Warbler 
63. Greenish Warbler
64. Cinnamon Bittern
65. Indian Paradise Flycatcher
66. Black naped Monarch
67. Red-breasted Flycatcher 
68. Barn Owl
69. Indian Grey Hornbills
70. Slaty-legged Crake 
71. Orange-headed Thrush
72. Common Hoopoe
73. Green Warbler
74. Ashy Drongo
75. Little Cormorant
76. House Crow
77. 
78. 
79. 
80. 

Mammals :- 
1. Indian grey mongoose
2. Indian Palm Squirrel
3. Bats 

Fish  :-

  1. Tilipia 
  2. Carps
  3. Mangurs
  4. Bull Head catfish
  5. Mud skippers (Amphibious Fish)

Reptiles :-
1. Indian rat snake
2. Russell's viper
3. Indian spectacled cobra 
4. Green vine snake 
5. Checkered keelback 
6. Indian Garden Lizards
7. Gecko
8. Skink
9. Monitor Lizard 
10. Indian flapshell turtle
11. Spiny softshell turtle
12. 

Amphibians :- 
1. Indian bull frog
2. Common toad

Edible wild plants of Kavesar wetland habitat 

  1. तेरं अळू
    Colocasia esculenta

      2. कडू कंद
          Dioscorea bulbifera

      3. कंचरी
         Sessile Joyweed

      4. नळीची भाजी (water spinach)
          Ipomoea aquatica

      5. कमळ काकडी
          Nelumbo Nucifera

      6. आंबोटी(Oxalis)
          Oxalis corniculata

      7. शेवळं / लोथ 
         Amorphophallus Commutatus

      8. पेव (Costus) 
          Cheilocostus speciosus

      9. भोकर (glue berry/लसोडा)
          Cordia dichotoma

    10. उंबर 
          Ficus racemosa

 *Trees*  
1. Banyan Tree (*Ficus benghalensis*)  - National Tree of India - atleast two Heritage Trees found at kavesar lake whose age exceeds 170 years
2. Karanj (*Pongamia pinnata*)  
3. Tamarind (*Tamarindus indica*)  
4. Moha (*Madhuca longifolia*)  
5. Arjun (*Terminalia arjuna*)  
6. Kadamb (*Neolamarckia cadamba*)  
7. Kate Savar / Red Silk Cotton Tree (*Bombax ceiba*)  
8. Bhokar (*Ziziphus mauritiana*)  
9. Bahava / Indian Laburnum (*Cassia fistula*)  
10. Pangara / Indian Coral Tree (*Erythrina variegata*)  
11. Taman / Jarul (*Lagerstroemia speciosa*)  - its flower is State Flower of Maharashtra
12. Sita Ashok (*Saraca asoca*)  
13. Jambhul / Java Plum (*Syzygium cumini*)  - around 5-10 heritage trees
14. Mango (*Mangifera indica*)  - State Tree of Maharashtra and its fruit is considered as National Fruit of India - around 10 trees are heritage trees
15. Koral / Kanchan (*Bauhinia purpurea*)  
16. Pimpal / Peepal (*Ficus religiosa*)  
17. Umbar / Cluster Fig (*Ficus racemosa*)  
18. Saptaparni / Blackboard Tree (*Alstonia scholaris*)  
19. Paras Pimpal / Portia Tree (*Thespesia populnea*)  
20. Buchache Jhad / Indian Cork Tree (*Millingtonia hortensis*)  
21. Neem (*Azadirachta indica*)  
22. Coconut (*Cocos nucifera*)  
23. Palas (*Butea monosperma*)  
24. Teak (*Tectona grandis*)  
25. Ain (*Terminalia elliptica*)  
26. Bakul (*Mimusops elengi*)  
27. Rain Tree (*Samanea saman*)  
28. Indian Almond (*Terminalia catappa*)  
29. Jackfruit (*Artocarpus heterophyllus*)  
30. Shivan / Gmelina (*Gmelina arborea*)  

31. Wild Ginger

32. Crepe Ginger (Hellenia speciosa)

33. Indian Charcoal Tree (Terma orientalis)

34. Prickly Ash or Toothache tree (zanthoxylum)

*Aquatic and Wetland Plants*  
1. Vetiver Grass   
2. Water Spinach (*Ipomoea aquatica*)  
3. White Lotus (*Nelumbo nucifera*) - rare species of lotus (a National Flower)
4. Water Lily (*Nymphaea pubescens*)  
5. Purple fountain grass (Pennisetum advena 'Rubrum')  
6. Narrowleaf Cattail  
7. Typha Reeds (Ramban Gavat)

*Shrubs and Climbers*  
1. Hibiscus (*Hibiscus rosa-sinensis*)  
2. Lantana (*Lantana camara*)   
3. Jasmine (*Jasminum sambac*)  
4. Butterfly Pea (*Clitoria ternatea*)  
5. Bougainvillea (*Bougainvillea spectabilis*)  
6. Morning Glory (*Ipomoea purpurea*) 
7. Blue Porterweed (*Stachytarpheta jamaicaemsis*) - Jamaican Vervain  
8. Frantz's Porterweed (*Stachytarpheta frantzil*)  

Golden Thryallis (Galphimia gracilis) - golden shower

Passionflower (Passiflora foetida)

*Ground Cover and Herbs*  
1. Brahmi (*Bacopa monnieri*)  
2. Cynodon Grass (*Cynodon dactylon*)  
3. Touch-me-not (*Mimosa pudica*)  
4. Tulsi (*Ocimum tenuiflorum*)  
5. Nutgrass (*Cyperus rotundus*)  (*Cymbopogon citratus*)  
6. Indian Pennywort (*Centella asiatica*)
7. Insulin (*Costus igneus*)  
8. Air Potato or Air Yam (*Dioscorea bulbifera*)

Butterflies & Moths

  1. Plain Tiger
  2. Striated Tiger
  3. Blue Tiger
  4. Common Jezebel
  5. Common Baron
  6. Common Jay
  7. Common Crow
  8. Danaid Eggfly
  9. Hummingbird hawk-moth
  10. Peacock Pansy
  11. Pioneer Butterfly
  12. Yellow Orange-tip
  13. Common grass yellow
  14. Gray Pansy
  15. Chocolate Pansy
  16. Indian Wanderer
  17. Common Mormon
  18. Blue Mormon - State Butterfly of Maharashtra
  19. Lemon Emigrant
  20. Grass Demon
  21. Rice Swift
  22. Great Eggfly
  23. Common Cerulean
  24. Common Awl
  25. Tailed Jay
  26. Glassy Tiger
  27. Black-winged wasp moth
  28. Black swift
  29. Small banded swift
  30. Malabar spotted flat
  31. Malabar flat
  32. Common Gull
  33.  

Others
I. Snails

II. Earthworms

III. Dragonflies

IV. Damselflies,

V. Bees

  1. Slender-scaped Carpenter Bee

VI. Bumblebee

VII. Spiders   

VIII. Other insects like grasshoppers, mantis, etc.

IX. Mushrooms 

  1. Trametes versicolor

X. Fungus

  1. Bracket Fungus

XI. Crabs

  1. Forest Crab Wether
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