Córdoba (wetland)

Córdoba Wetland
Humedal de Córdoba
Muysccubun: Itzatá
Árboles en Bogotá - Humedal de Córdoba Vegetación.JPG
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; -74.066583Coordinates: 4°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. The wetland covers about 40 hectares (99 acres).

Flora and fauna

Flora

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

Birds

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

Endemic species unique for this wetland are:

Name Species Image
red-crested cotinga Ampelion rubrocristatus
Red-crested Cotinga - EcuadorDSCN2925.jpg
scarlet-bellied mountain tanager Anisognathus igniventris
Anisognathus igniventris Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager.jpg
stygian owl Asio stygius
Stygian Owl (Asio stygius).jpg
black-crested warbler Basileuterus nigrocristatus
Black-crested Warbler (Basileuterus nigrocristatus).jpg
yellow-rumped cacique Cacicus cela
Yellow-rumped cacique 10.jpg
olive-sided flycatcher Contopus cooperi
Olive-sided Flycatcher.jpg
cerulean warbler Dendroica cerulea
Dendroica-cerulea-002.jpg
blackpoll warbler Dendroica striata
Dendroica striata MN.jpg
masked flowerpiercer Diglossa cyanea
Masked Flowerpiercer RWD.jpg
buff-breasted mountain tanager Dubusia taeniata
Dubusia taeniata.JPG
snowy egret Egretta thula
Egretta thula at Las Gallinas Wildlife Ponds.jpg
streaked flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
BEM-TE-VI-RAJADO ( Myiodynastes maculatus).jpg
tropical screech owl Otus choliba
Megascops choliba -Ceara, Brazil-8.jpg
black-backed grosbeak Pheucticus aureoventris
Black-backed Grosbeak (Pheucticus aureoventris) (8077568632).jpg
stripe-tailed yellow finch Sicalis citrina
Canário-rasteiro.jpg
palm tanager Thraupis palmarum
Palm tanager (Thraupis palmarum melanoptera).jpg
black-billed thrush Turdus ignobilis
Turdus ignobilis, Black-billed Thrush.jpg

Gallery

See also


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