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Meandro Del Say
Meandro del Say is a wetland, part of the wetlands of Bogotá. It spans the locality Fontibón of Bogotá and the eastern part of Mosquera, Cundinamarca. Meandro del Say is located close to the Bogotá River with a total area of . The Avenida Centenario borders the wetland in the northeast. Meandro de Say is situated in the Fucha River basin. Flora and fauna Birds In Meandro del Say, 22 bird species have been registered. The wetland hosts among others the blue-winged teal (''Anas discors''), northern shoveler (''Anas clypeata''), masked duck (''Nomonyx dominicus'') and spot-flanked gallinule (''Gallinula melanops bogotensis''). See also *Biodiversity of Colombia, Bogotá savanna, Thomas van der Hammen Natural Reserve *Wetlands of Bogotá Wetlands of Bogotá, Colombia are important areas of the capital city, and their development has become increasingly important for the area north of the Andes. A reserve for fauna and flora, the wetlands provide for the preservat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fontibón
Fontibon is the 9th locality of Bogotá. It is located in the west of the city. This district is mostly inhabited by low and middle class residents. Etymology The origin of the city's name can be traced to the Muisca ''cacique Huintiva'' or ''Hyntiba'' (meaning "powerful cacique" in Muysccubun) and the mutation of the word to its present spelling, being this among other names such as Ontibon and Hontibón.Etymology localities of Bogotá History Fontibón was part of the southern in the times before the |
Northern Shoveler
The northern shoveler (; ''Spatula clypeata''), known simply in Britain as the shoveler, is a common and widespread duck. It breeds in northern areas of Europe and across the Palearctic and across most of North America, wintering in southern Europe, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Central, the Caribbean, and northern South America. It is a rare vagrant to Australia. In North America, it breeds along the southern edge of Hudson Bay and west of this body of water, and as far south as the Great Lakes west to Colorado, Nevada, and Oregon. The northern shoveler is one of the species to which the ''Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds'' (AEWA) applies. The conservation status of this bird is Least Concern. Taxonomy The northern shoveler was first formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his ''Systema Naturae''. He introduced the binomial name ''Anas clypeata''. A molecular phylogentic study ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wetlands Of Bogotá
Wetlands of Bogotá, Colombia are important areas of the capital city, and their development has become increasingly important for the area north of the Andes. A reserve for fauna and flora, the wetlands provide for the preservation and reproduction of a wide variety of mammals, reptiles and birds. These include more than 95 species of migratory birds, as well as many endemic plant species. The wetlands are part of the Bogotá River basin. The wetland complex has been designated as a protected Ramsar site since 2018. Three types of wetland ecosystems have been identified in the district, differentiated by origin and position: plain wetlands are located in urban areas, while hillside and wasteland wetlands have been identified in the capital's rural areas. Many of the wetland ecosystems are disappearing because of advanced population growth within the city of Bogota. With the passage of time and the steady growth of the city, it is estimated that of the of wetlands that covered Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Van Der Hammen Natural Reserve
The Thomas van der Hammen Natural Reserve or Thomas van der Hammen Forest Reserve is an area of the Bogotá savanna that is under environmental protection. The natural reserve was declared as such in year 2000 by the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable development. It takes its name from the Dutch-Colombian geologist Thomas van der Hammen who devoted his life to the research of the region. The surface area of the protected reserve is approximately and it is located in the north of Bogotá. The protection area has the purpose of creating an urban forest that connects the Bogotá River and the Eastern Hills of Bogotá, to preserve the underground water sources, improve the quality of the air and protect the diversity and activities of the animal species that exist there. Mayor of Bogotá Enrique Peñalosa has proposed construction in the Reserve that could host 1.5 million people. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bogotá Savanna
The Bogotá savanna is a montane savanna, located in the southwestern part of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in the center of Colombia. The Bogotá savanna has an extent of and an average altitude of . The savanna is situated in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. The Bogotá savanna is crossed from northeast to southwest by the long Bogotá River, which at the southwestern edge of the plateau forms the Tequendama Falls (''Salto del Tequendama''). Other rivers, such as the Subachoque, Bojacá, Fucha, Soacha and Tunjuelo Rivers, tributaries of the Bogotá River, form smaller valleys with very fertile soils dedicated to agriculture and cattle-breeding. Before the Spanish conquest of the Bogotá savanna, the area was inhabited by the indigenous Muisca, who formed a loose confederation of various ''caciques'', named the Muisca Confederation. The Bogotá savanna, known as ''Muyquytá'', was ruled by the ''zipa''. The people specialised in agriculture, the mining of emeralds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biodiversity Of Colombia
The biodiversity of Colombia is the variety of indigenous organisms in the country with the second-highest biodiversity in the world, behind Brazil. As of 2021, around 63,000 species are registered in Colombia, of which 14% are endemic. The country occupies worldwide the first position in number of orchids, birds and butterflies, second position in plants, amphibians and fresh water fish, third place in species of palm trees and reptiles and globally holds the sixth position in biodiversity of mammals. The country hosts 59 nationally designated protected areas. At the establishment of the most recent addition, Bahía Portete – Kaurrele National Natural Park, Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos said "Biodiversity is to Colombia, what oil is for the Arabs". [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spot-flanked Gallinule
The spot-flanked gallinule (''Porphyriops melanops'') is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is monotypic in the genus ''Porphyriops''. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are swamps and freshwater lakes. The spot-flanked gallinule has a W chromosome that is larger than its Z chromosome, which is unique among bird species. Gallery File:Adult_Spot-flanked_Gallinule.jpg, Adult swimming in a pond in central Chile. File:Juvenile_Spot-flanked_Gallinule.jpg, A juvenile in central Chile. References spot-flanked gallinule Birds of South America spot-flanked gallinule spot-flanked gallinule The spot-flanked gallinule (''Porphyriops melanops'') is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is monotypic in the genus ''Porphyriops''. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay. Its natura ... Taxa named by Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot Taxonomy articl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masked Duck
The masked duck (''Nomonyx dominicus'') is a tiny stiff-tailed duck ranging through the tropical Americas. They are found from Mexico to South America and also in the Caribbean. Primarily not migratory, masked ducks are reported as very uncommon vagrants in the southernmost United States, along the Mexican border and in Florida. As of 2000, the conservation status for masked ducks in Texas is 3,800 birds. On April 1, 1962, it was recorded from Lowndes County, Georgia, where it was photographed by Alexander Wetmore. The only member of the genus ''Nomonyx'', it is intermediate between the rather primitive black-headed duck (''Heteronetta'') and the very apomorphic true stiff-tailed ducks. It is sometimes included with the latter in the genus '' Oxyura'', but apparently the masked ducks now are the descendants of a missing link in the Oxyurini evolution, having changed but little for millions of years. Breeding adult males have a rust-colored body with a black face and mottled win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue-winged Teal
The blue-winged teal (''Spatula discors'') is a species of bird in the duck, goose, and swan family Anatidae. One of the smaller members of the dabbling duck group, it occurs in North America, where it breeds from southern Alaska to Nova Scotia, and south to northern Texas. It winters along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts and south into the Caribbean islands and Central America. Taxonomy The first formal description of the blue-winged teal was by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1766 in the twelfth edition of his '' Systema Naturae''. He coined the binomial name ''Anas discors''. A molecular phylogentic study comparing mitochondrial DNA sequences published in 2009 found that the genus ''Anas'', as then defined, was non-monophyletic. The genus was subsequently split into four monophyletic genera with ten species including the blue-winged teal moved into the resurrected genus ''Spatula''. This genus had been originally proposed by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bogotá
Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city of Colombia, and one of the largest cities in the world. The city is administered as the Capital District, as well as the capital of, though not part of, the surrounding department of Cundinamarca. Bogotá is a territorial entity of the first order, with the same administrative status as the departments of Colombia. It is the political, economic, administrative, and industrial center of the country. Bogotá was founded as the capital of the New Kingdom of Granada on 6 August 1538 by Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada after a harsh expedition into the Andes conquering the Muisca, the indigenous inhabitants of the Altiplano. Santafé (its name after 1540) became the seat of the government of the Spanish Royal Audiencia of the New Kingdom of Granada (cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fucha River
The Fucha River is a river on the Bogotá savanna and a left tributary of the Bogotá River. The river originates in the Eastern Hills of the Colombian capital Bogotá and flows westward through the city into the Bogotá River. It is one of the three important rivers of the city, together with the Tunjuelo and Juan Amarillo Rivers. Etymology Fucha is derived from Muysccubun, the indigenous language of the Muisca, who inhabited the Bogotá savanna before the Spanish conquest and means "her" or "female".''fucha'' - Muisccubun Dictionary Description The Fucha River originates in the locality San Cristóbal in the ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avenida Centenario
Avenue or Avenues may refer to: Roads * Avenue (landscape), traditionally a straight path or road with a line of trees, in the shifted sense a tree line itself, or some of boulevards (also without trees) * Avenue Road, Bangalore * Avenue Road, London * Avenue Road, Toronto Other uses * Avenue (archaeology), a specialist term in archaeology referring to lines of stones * Avenue (band), X Factor UK contestants * Avenues (band), American pop punk band * ''Avenue'' (magazine), a former Dutch magazine * "Avenue" (song), a 1992 single by British pop group Saint Etienne * Avenue (store), a clothing store * The Avenue, a Rugby Union stadium in Sunbury-on-Thames, England * L'Avenue, a proposed skyscraper in Montreal, Quebec, Canada * Avenue, a GIS scripting language for ArcView 3.x * Avenues Television, television channel in Nepal * "The Avenue", B-side of the 1984 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark single " Locomotion" * Avenues: The World School, school in New York City See also * A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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