La Conejera
La Conejera Wetland Humedal La Conejera | |
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Location | Suba, Bogotá Colombia |
Coordinates | 4°45′42.1″N 74°06′09.2″W / 4.761694°N 74.102556°W |
Area | 58.9 ha (146 acres) |
Elevation | 2,544 m (8,346 ft) |
Designated | September 2003 |
Administrator | EAAB - ESP |
Website | Humedal La Conejera |
La Conejera (
Juan Amarillo River basin on the Bogotá savanna covers an area of 58.9 hectares (146 acres).[1]
Flora and fauna
Insects
The dragonfly species Ischnura cruzi has been registered in La Conejera, as well as in Santa María del Lago and Metropolitan Park La Florida.[2]
Birds
La Conejera contains the second-most bird species of the wetlands of Bogotá, after Córdoba Wetland, with 95, of which 6 endemic.[3][4] The habitat of the American coot has been studied in 2002. The floating pennywort (Hydrocotyle ranunculoides), present in various wetlands of Bogotá, proved essential for the bird.[5]
Endemic species unique for this wetland are:[6]
Name | Species | Image |
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upland sandpiper | Bartramia longicauda | |
Swainson's hawk | Buteo swainsoni | |
ruddy ground dove | Columbina talpacoti | |
bay-breasted warbler | Dendroica castanea | |
red-crowned woodpecker | Melanerpes rubricapillus | |
American cliff swallow
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Petrochelidon pyrrhonota |
Panorama
See also
References
Bibliography
- Andrade L., Martha Esperanza, and Henry Benitez Castañeda. s.a. Los Humedales de la Sabana de Bogotá: Área Importante para la Conservación de las Aves de Colombia y el Mundo, 1-38. AICAS. Accessed 2017-03-03.
- Moreno, Vanesa; Juan Francisco García, and Juan Carlos Villalba. s.a. Descripción general de los humedales de Bogotá D.C., 1-28. Sociedad Geográfica de Colombia. Accessed 2017-03-03.
- Otero Durán, Ivonne. 2002. Hábitat functional de la Focha Americana (Fulica americana columbiana) en un humedal de la Sabana de Bogotá (BSc), 1-47. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Accessed 2017-03-03.
External links
- (in Spanish) Fundación Humedales de Bogotá
- (in Spanish) Conozca los 15 humedales de Bogotá - El Tiempo