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. Humedal La Florida website
Flora and fauna
Birds In La Florida, 90 species of birds have been registered, of which 13 endemic, uniquely in this wetland:Andrade & Benitez, s.a., p.8Andrade & Benitez, s.a., p.11
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 The dragonfly species Ischnura cruzi has been registered in La Florida, as well as in La Conejera and Santa María del Lago.
See also
Biodiversity of Colombia, Bogotá savanna, Thomas van der Hammen Natural Reserve Wetlands of Bogotá
References
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Further reading
External links Fundación Humedales de Bogotá Conozca los 15 humedales de Bogotá - El Tiempo