La Florida (wetland)

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La Florida
Humedal La Florida
Parque Metropolitano La Florida
Map showing the location of La Florida Humedal La Florida
Map showing the location of La Florida Humedal La Florida
Location at the edge of Bogotá
LocationFunza, Cundinamarca
 Colombia
Coordinates4°43′45.8″N 74°09′01.7″W / 4.729389°N 74.150472°W / 4.729389; -74.150472Coordinates: 4°43′45.8″N 74°09′01.7″W / 4.729389°N 74.150472°W / 4.729389; -74.150472
Area26 ha (64 acres)
Elevation2,542 m (8,340 ft)
AdministratorEAAB - ESP
WebsiteHumedal 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[]

Andean siskin (Spinus spinescens) in La Florida

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
Butorides virescens2.jpg
paramo seedeater Catamenia homochroa
Paramo seedeater.jpg
ringed kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
MARTIM-PESCADOR-GRANDE (Megaceryle torquata).jpg
fulvous whistling duck Dendrocygna bicolor
Dendrocygna bicolor wilhelma.jpg
swallow-tailed kite Elanoides forficatus
Swallow Tailed Kite.jpg
little blue heron Florida caerulea
Little Blue Heron (8629556681).jpg
common snipe Gallinago gallinago
Gallinago gallinago a1.JPG
laughing gull Larus atricilla
Laughing Gull - mating plumage.jpg
brown-chested martin Phaeoprogne tapera frusca
Progne tapera -Rio Grande do Sul-8a.jpg
Neotropic cormorant Phalacrocorax olivaceus
Phalacrocorax brasilianus (Costa Rica).jpg
yellow-faced grassquit Tiaris olivacea
Yellow-faced-grassquit-eating-seeds.jpg
rufescent tiger heron Tigrisoma lineatum
Rufescent Tiger Heron (Tigrisoma lineatum) in sunset light ... (28763147192).jpg
silvery-throated spinetail Synallaxis subpudica

Insects[]

The dragonfly species has been registered in La Florida, as well as in La Conejera and Santa María del Lago.[4]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ (in Spanish) Humedal La Florida website
  2. ^ Andrade & Benitez, s.a., p.8
  3. ^ Andrade & Benitez, s.a., p.11
  4. ^ 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)

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