La Florida is a wetland and park known as the ''Parque Metropolitano La Florida''. La Florida is located across the

Bogotá River The Bogotá River is a major river of the Cundinamarca department of Colombia. A right tributary of the Magdalena River, the Bogotá River crosses the region from the northeast to the southwest and passing along the western limits of Bogotá. The ...

from Jaboque wetland in the municipality

Funza Funza () is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Western Savanna Province, of the department of Cundinamarca. Funza is situated on the Bogotá savanna, the southwestern part of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense with the urban centre at an altit ...

, Cundinamarca, close to Cota. La Florida does not belong to the protected wetlands of Bogotá.Humedal La Florida website
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Flora and fauna

Birds

In La Florida, 90 species of birds have been registered, of which 13

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 else ...

, uniquely in this wetland:Andrade & Benitez, s.a., p.8Andrade & Benitez, s.a., p.11

Insects

The dragonfly species '' Ischnura cruzi'' has been registered in La Florida, as well as in La Conejera and Santa María del Lago.

References

Bibliography

External links

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Fundación Humedales de Bogotá
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Conozca los 15 humedales de Bogotá
- El Tiempo Wetlands of Bogotá Geography of Cundinamarca Department {{Colombia-stub