Techo (wetland)

For the neighbourhood, see Techo, Bogotá.

Techo (Spanish: Humedal del Techo) is a wetland, part of the Wetlands of Bogotá, located in the neighbourhood Techo in the locality Kennedy, Bogotá, Colombia. The wetland on the Bogotá savanna covers an area of about 11.6 hectares (29 acres).^[1] Techo is located in the basins of the Bogotá River and its main tributaries Fucha and Tunjuelo.^[2]

Techo Wetland Humedal del Techo
Location in Bogotá
Location	Techo, Kennedy, Bogotá  Colombia
Coordinates	4°38′53.0″N 74°08′35.0″W
Area	11.67 ha (28.8 acres)
Elevation	2,544.8 m (8,349 ft)
Designated	September 2003
Named for	Muysccubun: cacique Techovita
Administrator	EAAB - ESP
Website	Humedal del Techo

Etymology

The name Techo is taken from Techovita, the name of a cacique in the Muisca Confederation, the former country on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense before the Spanish conquest.^[3]

Flora and fauna

The common nighthawk is in the wetlands of Bogotá uniquely registered in Techo

Flora

Flora registered in Techo are among others Hydrocotyle ranunculoides, Lemna minor, Typha latifolia and Juncus bogotensis.^[4]

Birds

In Techo, 53 bird species have been registered, of which one endemic, uniquely to this wetland, the common nighthawk (Chordeiles minor.^[5][6]

Other bird species as the yellow-hooded blackbird (Chrysomus icterocephalus bogotensis), great crested flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) and black flowerpiercer (Diglossa humeralis) have been spotted in Techo.^[1]

See also

• Colombia portal
• Environment portal

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