| La Conejera Wetland | |
| Map: | Colombia Bogotá |
| Map Width: | 150 |
| Mark: | Green pog.svg |
| Marker Size: | 12 |
| Location: | Suba, Bogotá |
| Coordinates: | 4.7617°N -74.1026°W |
| Area Ha: | 58.9 |
| Elevation: | 2544m (8,346feet) |
| Designated: | September 2003 |
| Administrator: | EAAB - ESP |
La Conejera (Spanish; Castilian: 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 58.9ha.[1]
The dragonfly species Ischnura cruzi has been registered in La Conejera, as well as in Santa María del Lago and Metropolitan Park La Florida.[2]
La Conejera contains the second-most bird species of the wetlands of Bogotá, after Córdoba Wetland, with 95, of which 6 endemic.[3] [4] 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.[5]
Endemic species unique for this wetland are:[6]
| Name | Species | Image |
|---|---|---|
| upland sandpiper | Bartramia longicauda | |
| Swainson's hawk | Buteo swainsoni | |
| ruddy ground dove | Columbina talpacoti | |
| bay-breasted warbler | Dendroica castanea | |
| red-crowned woodpecker | Melanerpes rubricapillus | |
| American cliff swallow | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | |