La Conejera

La Conejera (Spanish: Humedal La Conejera) is a wetland, part of the Wetlands of Bogotá, located in the locality Suba, Bogotá, Colombia. The wetland, in the Juan Amarillo River basin on the Bogotá savanna covers an area of 58.9 hectares (146 acres).[1]

La Conejera Wetland
Humedal La Conejera
Location in Bogotá
LocationSuba, Bogotá
 Colombia
Coordinates4°45′42.1″N 74°06′09.2″W
Area58.9 ha (146 acres)
Elevation2,544 m (8,346 ft)
DesignatedSeptember 2003
AdministratorEAAB - ESP
WebsiteHumedal La Conejera

Flora and fauna
The floating pennywort grows in La Conejera and is a main source of food for the American coot

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 number of 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
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 Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Panorama
La Conejera Wetland

See also

References
  1. Moreno et al., s.a., p.23
  2. Bota Sierra, C., Palacino, F. & Rache, L. (2014). "Ischnura cruzi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014. Retrieved 2017-03-03.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  3. Andrade & Benitez, s.a., p.8
  4. Andrade & Benitez, s.a., p.11
  5. Otero Durán, 2002, p.34
  6. Andrade & Benitez, s.a., p.34

Bibliography
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