La Florida (wetland)
| La Florida Humedal La Florida | |
|---|---|
| Parque Metropolitano La Florida | |
  Location at the edge of Bogotá | |
| Location | Funza, Cundinamarca Colombia |
| Coordinates | 4°43′45.8″N 74°09′01.7″W / 4.729389°N 74.150472°W |
| Area | 26 ha (64 acres) |
| Elevation | 2,542 m (8,340 ft) |
| Administrator | EAAB - ESP |
| Website | Humedal La Florida |
La Florida is a wetland and park known as the Parque Metropolitano La Florida. La Florida is located across the Bogotá River from Jaboque wetland in the municipality Funza, Cundinamarca, close to Cota. La Florida does not belong to the protected wetlands of Bogotá.[1]
Flora and fauna
Birds
In La Florida, 90 species of birds have been registered, of which 13 endemic, uniquely in this wetland:[2][3]
| Name | Species | Image |
|---|---|---|
| green heron | Butorides virescens |  |
| paramo seedeater | Catamenia homochroa |  |
| ringed kingfisher | Megaceryle torquata | .jpg) |
| fulvous whistling duck | Dendrocygna bicolor |  |
| swallow-tailed kite | Elanoides forficatus |  |
| little blue heron | Florida caerulea | .jpg) |
| common snipe | Gallinago gallinago |  |
| laughing gull | Larus atricilla |  |
| brown-chested martin | Phaeoprogne tapera frusca |  |
| Neotropic cormorant | Phalacrocorax olivaceus | .jpg) |
| yellow-faced grassquit | Tiaris olivacea |  |
| rufescent tiger heron | Tigrisoma lineatum | _in_sunset_light_..._(28763147192).jpg) |
| silvery-throated spinetail | Synallaxis subpudica |
Insects
The dragonfly species Ischnura cruzi has been registered in La Florida, as well as in La Conejera and Santa María del Lago.[4]
See also
References
- ^ (in Spanish) Humedal La Florida website
- ^ Andrade & Benitez, s.a., p.8
- ^ Andrade & Benitez, s.a., p.11
- ^ Bota Sierra, C., Palacino, F. & Rache, L. (2014). "Ischnura cruzi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
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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.
Further reading
- 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.
External links
- (in Spanish) Fundación Humedales de Bogotá
- (in Spanish) Conozca los 15 humedales de Bogotá - El Tiempo
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