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La Conejera

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Location
  
Suba, Bogotá  Colombia

Elevation
  
2,544 m (8,346 ft)

Administrator
  
EAAB - ESP

Area
  
58.9 ha (146 acres)

Designated
  
September 2003

Website
  
Humedal La Conejera

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La Conejera (Spanish: Humedal La Conejera) is a wetland, part of the Wetlands of Bogotá, located in the locality Suba, Bogotá, Colombia. The wetland, in the Juan Amarillo River basin on the Bogotá savanna covers an area of 58.9 hectares (146 acres).

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Map of Humedal La Conejera, Bogot%C3%A1, Bogota, Colombia

La conejera


Insects

The dragonfly species Ischnura cruzi has been registered in La Conejera, as well as in Santa María del Lago 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. The habitat of the American coot has been studied in 2002. The floating pennywort (Hydrocotyle ranunculoides), present in various wetlands of Bogotá, proved essential for the bird.

Endemic species unique for this wetland are:

References

La Conejera Wikipedia