La Conejera

La Conejera (Spanish: Humedal 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 58.9 hectares (146 acres).^[1]

La Conejera Wetland Humedal La Conejera
Location in Bogotá
Location	Suba, Bogotá  Colombia
Coordinates	4°45′42.1″N 74°06′09.2″W
Area	58.9 ha (146 acres)
Elevation	2,544 m (8,346 ft)
Designated	September 2003
Administrator	EAAB - ESP
Website	Humedal La Conejera

Flora and fauna

The floating pennywort grows in La Conejera and is a main source of food for the American coot

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.^[2]

Birds

La Conejera contains the second-most bird species of the wetlands of Bogotá, after Córdoba Wetland, with 95, of which 6 endemic.^[3][4] The habitat of the American coot has been studied in 2002. The floating pennywort (Hydrocotyle ranunculoides), present in various wetlands of Bogotá, proved essential for the bird.^[5]

Endemic species unique for this wetland are:^[6]

Name	Species	Image
upland sandpiper	Bartramia longicauda
Swainson's hawk	Buteo swainsoni
ruddy ground dove	Columbina talpacoti
bay-breasted warbler	Dendroica castanea
red-crowned woodpecker	Melanerpes rubricapillus
American cliff swallow	Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Panorama

La Conejera Wetland

See also

• Colombia portal
• Environment portal

• Biodiversity of Colombia, Bogotá savanna, Thomas van der Hammen Natural Reserve
• Wetlands of Bogotá