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La Florida (wetland)

Coordinates: 4°43′45.8″N 74°09′01.7″W / 4.729389°N 74.150472°W / 4.729389; -74.150472
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La Florida
Humedal La Florida
Parque Metropolitano La Florida
Map showing the location of La Florida Humedal La Florida
Map showing the location of La Florida Humedal La Florida
Location at the edge of Bogotá
LocationFunza, Cundinamarca
 Colombia
Coordinates4°43′45.8″N 74°09′01.7″W / 4.729389°N 74.150472°W / 4.729389; -74.150472
Area26 ha (64 acres)
Elevation2,542 m (8,340 ft)
AdministratorEAAB - ESP
WebsiteHumedal La Florida

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

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Andean siskin (Spinus spinescens) in La Florida

Birds

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

Name Species Image
green heron Butorides virescens
paramo seedeater Catamenia homochroa
ringed kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
fulvous whistling duck Dendrocygna bicolor
swallow-tailed kite Elanoides forficatus
little blue heron Florida caerulea
common snipe Gallinago gallinago
laughing gull Larus atricilla
brown-chested martin Phaeoprogne tapera frusca
Neotropic cormorant Phalacrocorax olivaceus
yellow-faced grassquit Tiaris olivacea
rufescent tiger heron Tigrisoma lineatum
silvery-throated spinetail Synallaxis subpudica

Insects

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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

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References

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  1. ^ (in Spanish) 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". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T49254523A49255309. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T49254523A49255309.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.

Bibliography

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Further reading

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