La Florida (wetland) explained

La Florida
Alt Name:Parque Metropolitano La Florida
Map:Colombia Bogotá
Map Width:150
Mark:Green pog.svg
Marker Size:12
Location:Funza, Cundinamarca
Coordinates:4.7294°N -74.1505°W
Area Ha:26
Elevation:2542m (8,340feet)
Administrator:EAAB - ESP

La Florida is a wetland and park known as the Parque Metropolitano La Florida. La Florida is located across the Bogotá River from Jaboque wetland in the municipality Funza, Cundinamarca, close to Cota. La Florida does not belong to the protected wetlands of Bogotá.[1]

Flora and fauna

Birds

In La Florida, 90 species of birds have been registered, of which 13 endemic, uniquely in this wetland:[2] [3]

NameSpeciesImage
green heronButorides virescens
paramo seedeaterCatamenia homochroa
ringed kingfisherMegaceryle torquata
fulvous whistling duckDendrocygna bicolor
swallow-tailed kiteElanoides forficatus
little blue heronFlorida caerulea
common snipeGallinago gallinago
laughing gullLarus atricilla
brown-chested martinPhaeoprogne tapera frusca
Neotropic cormorantPhalacrocorax olivaceus
yellow-faced grassquitTiaris olivacea
rufescent tiger heronTigrisoma lineatum
silvery-throated spinetailSynallaxis subpudica

Insects

The dragonfly species Ischnura cruzi has been registered in La Florida, as well as in La Conejera and Santa María del Lago.[4]

See also

References

Bibliography

External links

Notes and References

  1. Humedal La Florida website
  2. Andrade & Benitez, s.a., p.8
  3. Andrade & Benitez, s.a., p.11
  4. Bota-Sierra, C. . Palacino, F. . Rache, L. . 2016 . Ischnura cruzi . 2016 . e.T49254523A49255309 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T49254523A49255309.en . 11 November 2021.