La Conejera ( es, Humedal La Conejera) is a

wetland A wetland is a distinct ecosystem that is flooded or saturated by water, either permanently (for years or decades) or seasonally (for weeks or months). Flooding results in oxygen-free (anoxic) processes prevailing, especially in the soils. The ...

, part of the

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 reproduct ...

, located in the locality

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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 larges ...

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

. The wetland, in the Juan Amarillo River basin on the

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 Range ...

covers an area of .Moreno et al., s.a., p.23

Flora and fauna

Insects

The

dragonfly A dragonfly is a flying insect belonging to the infraorder Anisoptera below the order Odonata. About 3,000 extant species of true dragonfly are known. Most are tropical, with fewer species in temperate regions. Loss of wetland habitat threate ...

species '' Ischnura cruzi'' has been registered in La Conejera, as well as in

Santa María del Lago Santa María del Lago ( es, Humedal Santa María del Lago) is a wetland, part of the Wetlands of Bogotá, located in the locality Engativá, Bogotá, Colombia. The wetland on the Bogotá savanna covers an area of , of which water.Moreno et al., s. ...

and Metropolitan Park La Florida.

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 Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

.Andrade & Benitez, s.a., p.8Andrade & Benitez, s.a., p.11 The habitat of the

American coot The American coot (''Fulica americana''), also known as a mud hen or pouldeau, is a bird of the family Rallidae. Though commonly mistaken for ducks, American coots are only distantly related to ducks, belonging to a separate order. Unlike the we ...

has been studied in 2002. The floating pennywort (''

Hydrocotyle ranunculoides ''Hydrocotyle ranunculoides'', known commonly as floating pennywort, or floating marshpennywort, is an aquatic plant in the family Apiaceae. It is native to North and South America. Origin and invasiveness Water pennywort is an aquatic plant, ...

''), present in various wetlands of Bogotá, proved essential for the bird.Otero Durán, 2002, p.34 Endemic species unique for this wetland are:Andrade & Benitez, s.a., p.34

Panorama

References

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External links

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Fundación Humedales de Bogotá
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Conozca los 15 humedales de Bogotá
- El Tiempo {{DEFAULTSORT:Conejera, La Wetlands of Bogotá