Córdoba Wetland Humedal de Córdoba
Muysccubun: Itzatá
Córdoba Wetland
Location in Bogotá
Location	Suba, Bogotá   Colombia
Coordinates	4°42′13.4″N 74°3′59.7″W / 4.703722°N 74.066583°W / 4.703722; -74.066583
Area	40.51 ha (100.1 acres)
Elevation	2,548 m (8,360 ft)
Designated	September 2003
Named for	Córdoba River
Administrator	EAAB - ESP
Website	Humedal de Córdoba

Córdoba ( Spanish: 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. ^[1] The wetland covers about 40 hectares (99 acres). ^[2]

Flora and fauna

Flora

Flora registered in the wetland are among others Alnus acuminata, Ficus soatensis, Senna multiglandulosa, Spirodela intermedia, Bidens laevis, Eichornia crassipes. ^[3]

Birds

Of the wetlands of Bogotá, Córdoba has the highest number of registered bird species with 96 of which 17 endemic. ^{[4] [5]}

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

Name	Species	Image
red-crested cotinga	Ampelion rubrocristatus
scarlet-bellied mountain tanager	Anisognathus igniventris
stygian owl	Asio stygius
black-crested warbler	Basileuterus nigrocristatus
yellow-rumped cacique	Cacicus cela
olive-sided flycatcher	Contopus cooperi
cerulean warbler	Dendroica cerulea
blackpoll warbler	Dendroica striata
masked flowerpiercer	Diglossa cyanea
buff-breasted mountain tanager	Dubusia taeniata
snowy egret	Egretta thula
streaked flycatcher	Myiodynastes maculatus
tropical screech owl	Otus choliba
black-backed grosbeak	Pheucticus aureoventris
stripe-tailed yellow finch	Sicalis citrina
palm tanager	Thraupis palmarum
black-billed thrush	Turdus ignobilis

Gallery

See also

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

References

Bibliography

• Andrade L., Martha Esperanza, and Henry Benitez Castañeda. s.a. Los Humedales de la Sabana de Bogotá: Área Importante para la Conservación de las Aves de Colombia y el Mundo, 1-38. AICAS. Accessed 2017-03-03.
• Moreno, Vanesa; Juan Francisco García, and Juan Carlos Villalba. s.a. Descripción general de los humedales de Bogotá D.C., 1-28. Sociedad Geográfica de Colombia. Accessed 2017-03-03.
• Sandoval Rincón, Diana Marcela. 2013. Protected Areas in the City, Urban Wetlands of Bogotá. Cuadernos de Vivienda y Urbanismo 6. 80-103. Accessed 2017-03-03.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Humedal de Córdoba.

• (in Spanish) Fundación Humedales de Bogotá
• (in Spanish) Conozca los 15 humedales de Bogotá - El Tiempo