Bird / Butterfly Watching

A Variety of Birds and Butterflies are seen contractions of the bio-diversity and Ground – water Structures. Bird / Butterfly Watching facility is made available.
Bangalore Bio-park is a major habitat, for bird nesting and roosting. The flora of the campus has created a successful local interwoven symbiotic relationship between the two life forms. Birds have also benefited from the availability of water reservoir created in the Bio-park of the campus. The resident birds of the campus include egrets, bee-eaters, porridges, larks, mynas, koels, sunbirds and peckers. Other who come seasonally include rosy pastors, orioles, warblers and sandpipers.
Chief wild fauna of the campus comprise birds, rodents, reptiles insects and toads. There are high populations of snakes and termites.
Of the total 300 plants species-comprising trees, bushes herbs and shrubs 100are arboreal. The prominent arboreal tare Tabevuias, Cassias, Albizzias, Ficus, Milling tonias, Phyllathus, Terminalias, Palms, Eucalyptus etc. Apart from tree wealth in the region, the native natural vegetation comprising of shrubs, herbs have been rejuvenated.
About 60 different types more than 150 varieties of butterflies have been identified in the Bio-park. This include Lycanidae (Zebra blue;  common pierrot common Silverline; Pea Blue; Green blue and Grass Jeewel); Nymphalide (Great Eggfly; Yellow Parsy; Peacock Parsy; Lemon Parsy; blue Parsy; Chocolate Parsy; Commander; Plain Tiger; Striped Tiger, Blue Tiger, Dark Blue Tiger, Baronet; Common Bushbrown; Tawny Coaster; and Common Castrol); Pappilionidae (Common mormon; Common Rose, Crimpson Rose, Blue Battle; Common Jay; Tailed Jay; and Lime Buterfly); Pieridae (Common Gull; Wondere; Jezeble; Hebomoea Glaucipe; Crimson Tip Yellow Orange; Mottled Emigrant; and Grass Yellow Psyche); Hesperidae (Indian Skipper; Tamil Grass; Chestnut Bob; Common Banded Awl; Restricted and Rice Swift.