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 .Moreno et al., s.a., p.23
Flora and fauna
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.
Birds La Conejera contains the second-most bird species of the wetlands of Bogotá, after Córdoba Wetland, with 95, of which 6 endemic.Andrade & Benitez, s.a., p.8Andrade & Benitez, s.a., p.11 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.Otero Durán, 2002, p.34
Endemic species unique for this wetland are:Andrade & Benitez, s.a., p.34 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
See also
Biodiversity of Colombia, Bogotá savanna, Thomas van der Hammen Natural Reserve Wetlands of Bogotá
References
Bibliography
External links Fundación Humedales de Bogotá Conozca los 15 humedales de Bogotá - El Tiempo