Taudaha
wetland: the flora and fauna
The richness of biodiversity
of Taudaha lake is reflected by varieties of flora
and fauna, which has played a significant role
as indicators of wetland ecosystem status and
responses to changing environmental condition.
According to a research carried
out by BCN in 1983, Taudaha wetland supports about
39 species of flora. These floras provide the
best information about what is happening in the
aquatic habitat. The main aquatic plant formation
can be of submerged algae, flowering aquatic plants,
emergent plants and filamentous algae.
Wide ranges of fauna like small
aquatic mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and
invertebrates are found in the Taudaha wetland,
which include 36 taxa of macro invertebrates and
a great diversity of fishes and amphibians. The
lake has been a home to local bird species and
flocks of migrant water fowls. Water fowls and
other birds migrate into wetlands to benefit from
food and favorable habitat conditions during winter
seasons.
Taudaha wetland is one of the
principal habitat for water fowl. It is also a
very important transit centre for migratory birds
on their way from Siberia to India, whose number
in winter season exceeds two hundred. They often
lay over here for a couple of days before they
resume their journey to India. The seasonal influx
of migrants has served to increase the biodiversity
of wetland.
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