La Conejera


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.

Flora and fauna

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, present in various wetlands of Bogotá, proved essential for the bird.
Endemic species unique for this wetland are:
NameSpeciesImage
upland sandpiperBartramia longicauda
Swainson's hawkButeo swainsoni
ruddy ground doveColumbina talpacoti
bay-breasted warblerDendroica castanea
red-crowned woodpeckerMelanerpes rubricapillus
American cliff swallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota

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