Córdoba (wetland)

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| location = Suba, Bogotá
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| named_for = Córdoba River

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Córdoba ({{langx|es|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.Sandoval Rincón, 2013, p.96 The wetland covers about {{convert|40|ha|acre}}.Moreno et al., s.a., p.7

Flora and fauna

= Flora =

Flora registered in the wetland are among others Alnus acuminata, Ficus soatensis, Senna multiglandulosa, Spirodela intermedia, Bidens laevis, Eichornia crassipes.Moreno et al., s.a., p.8

= Birds =

Of the wetlands of Bogotá, Córdoba has the highest number of registered bird species with 96 of which 17 endemic.Andrade & Benitez, s.a., p.8Andrade & Benitez, s.a., p.11

Endemic species unique for this wetland are:Andrade & Benitez, s.a., p.34

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red-crested cotinga

| Ampelion rubrocristatus

| File:Red-crested_Cotinga_-_EcuadorDSCN2925.jpg

scarlet-bellied mountain tanager

| Anisognathus igniventris

| File:Anisognathus_igniventris_Scarlet-bellied_Mountain-Tanager.jpg

stygian owl

| Asio stygius

| File:Stygian_Owl_(Asio_stygius).jpg

black-crested warbler

| Basileuterus nigrocristatus

| File:Black-crested_Warbler_(Basileuterus_nigrocristatus).jpg

yellow-rumped cacique

| Cacicus cela

| File:Yellow-rumped_cacique_10.jpg

olive-sided flycatcher

| Contopus cooperi

| File:Olive-sided_Flycatcher.jpg

cerulean warbler

| Dendroica cerulea

| File:Dendroica-cerulea-002.jpg

blackpoll warbler

| Dendroica striata

| File:Dendroica_striata_MN.jpg

masked flowerpiercer

| Diglossa cyanea

| File:Masked_Flowerpiercer_RWD.jpg

buff-breasted mountain tanager

| Dubusia taeniata

| File:Dubusia_taeniata.JPG

snowy egret

| Egretta thula

| File:Egretta thula at Las Gallinas Wildlife Ponds.jpg

streaked flycatcher

| Myiodynastes maculatus

| File:BEM-TE-VI-RAJADO_(_Myiodynastes_maculatus).jpg

tropical screech owl

| Otus choliba

| File:Megascops_choliba_-Ceara,_Brazil-8.jpg

black-backed grosbeak

| Pheucticus aureoventris

| File:Black-backed_Grosbeak_(Pheucticus_aureoventris)_(8077568632).jpg

stripe-tailed yellow finch

| Sicalis citrina

| File:Can%C3%A1rio-rasteiro.jpg

palm tanager

| Thraupis palmarum

| File:Palm_tanager_(Thraupis_palmarum_melanoptera).jpg

black-billed thrush

| Turdus ignobilis

| File:Turdus_ignobilis,_Black-billed_Thrush.jpg

Gallery

File:Humedal de Córdoba.jpg|

File:Bogotá Humedal de Córdoba.JPG|

File:Bogotá árboles en el Humedal de Córdoba.JPG|

File:Bogotá Humedal de Córdoba Vegetación.JPG|

File:Bogotá vegetación Humedal Córdoba.JPG|

File:Bogotá Vegetación en el Humedal de Córdoba.JPG|

File:Borde del Humedal de Córdoba Vegetación.JPG|

== See also ==

References

= Bibliography =

{{citation |last=Andrade L. |first=Martha Esperanza |last2=Benitez Castañeda |first2=Henry |year= |title=Los Humedales de la Sabana de Bogotá: Área Importante para la Conservación de las Aves de Colombia y el Mundo |url=http://unicesar.ambientalex.info/infoCT/Humsabbogareimpconavecolmunco.pdf |publisher=AICAS |pages=1–38 |accessdate=2017-03-03}}
{{citation |last=Moreno |first=Vanesa |last2=García |first2=Juan Francisco |last3=Villalba |first3=Juan Carlos |year= |title=Descripción general de los humedales de Bogotá D.C. |url=http://www.sogeocol.edu.co/documentos/humed.pdf |publisher=Sociedad Geográfica de Colombia |pages=1–28 |accessdate=2017-03-03}}
{{citation |last=Sandoval Rincón |first=Diana Marcela |year=2013 |title=Protected Areas in the City, Urban Wetlands of Bogotá |url=http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/cvyu/article/viewFile/5510/4510 |journal=Cuadernos de Vivienda y Urbanismo |volume=6 |pages=80–103 |accessdate=2017-03-03}}

External links

{{in lang|es}} [http://humedalesbogota.com/humedales-bogota/ Fundación Humedales de Bogotá]
{{in lang|es}} [http://www.eltiempo.com/multimedia/fotos/bogota2/los-15-humedales-de-bogota/15181539 Conozca los 15 humedales de Bogotá] - El Tiempo

Category:Wetlands of Bogotá