Córdoba (wetland)

For the TransMilenio station, see Humedal Córdoba (TransMilenio).
Córdoba Wetland
Humedal de Córdoba
Muysccubun: Itzatá
Córdoba Wetland
Map showing the location of Córdoba Wetland Humedal de Córdoba
Map showing the location of Córdoba Wetland Humedal de Córdoba
Location in Bogotá
LocationSuba, Bogotá
 Colombia
Coordinates4°42′13.4″N 74°3′59.7″W / 4.703722°N 74.066583°W / 4.703722; -74.066583
Area40.51 ha (100.1 acres)
Elevation2,548 m (8,360 ft)
DesignatedSeptember 2003
Named forCórdoba River
AdministratorEAAB - ESP
WebsiteHumedal de Córdoba

Córdoba (Spanish: Humedal de Córdoba) is a wetland, part of the Wetlands of Bogotá in Bogotá, Colombia. It is situated on the Bogotá savanna in the locality Suba between the Avenida Boyacá and Avenida Córdoba and the streets Calle 127 and Calle 116, close to the TransMilenio stations Av. Suba Calle 116 and namesake station Humedal Córdoba.[1] The wetland covers about 40 hectares (99 acres).[2]

Flora and fauna

Flora

Flora registered in the wetland are among others Alnus acuminata, Ficus soatensis, Senna multiglandulosa, Spirodela intermedia, Bidens laevis, Eichornia crassipes.[3]

Birds

Of the wetlands of Bogotá, Córdoba has the highest number of registered bird species with 96 of which 17 endemic.[4][5]

Endemic species unique for this wetland are:[6]

Name Species Image
red-crested cotinga Ampelion rubrocristatus
scarlet-bellied mountain tanager Anisognathus igniventris
stygian owl Asio stygius
black-crested warbler Basileuterus nigrocristatus
yellow-rumped cacique Cacicus cela
olive-sided flycatcher Contopus cooperi
cerulean warbler Dendroica cerulea
blackpoll warbler Dendroica striata
masked flowerpiercer Diglossa cyanea
buff-breasted mountain tanager Dubusia taeniata
snowy egret Egretta thula
streaked flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
tropical screech owl Otus choliba
black-backed grosbeak Pheucticus aureoventris
stripe-tailed yellow finch Sicalis citrina
palm tanager Thraupis palmarum
black-billed thrush Turdus ignobilis

See also

References

  1. ^ Sandoval Rincón, 2013, p.96
  2. ^ Moreno et al., s.a., p.7
  3. ^ Moreno et al., s.a., p.8
  4. ^ Andrade & Benitez, s.a., p.8
  5. ^ Andrade & Benitez, s.a., p.11
  6. ^ Andrade & Benitez, s.a., p.34

Bibliography

  • Andrade L., Martha Esperanza; Benitez Castañeda, Henry, Los Humedales de la Sabana de Bogotá: Área Importante para la Conservación de las Aves de Colombia y el Mundo (PDF), AICAS, pp. 1–38, retrieved 2017-03-03
  • Moreno, Vanesa; García, Juan Francisco; Villalba, Juan Carlos, Descripción general de los humedales de Bogotá D.C. (PDF), Sociedad Geográfica de Colombia, pp. 1–28, retrieved 2017-03-03
  • Sandoval Rincón, Diana Marcela (2013), "Protected Areas in the City, Urban Wetlands of Bogotá", Cuadernos de Vivienda y Urbanismo, 6: 80–103, retrieved 2017-03-03
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