El Burro Wetland Humedal El Burro
El Burro Wetland
Location in Bogotá
Location	Kennedy, Bogotá   Colombia
Coordinates	4°38′30″N 74°9′00″W / 4.64167°N 74.15000°W / 4.64167; -74.15000
Area	18.84 ha (46.6 acres)
Elevation	2,541 m (8,337 ft)
Designated	September 2003
Administrator	EAAB - ESP
Website	Humedal El Burro

El Burro ( Spanish: Humedal El Burro) is a wetland, part of the Wetlands of Bogotá, in the locality Kennedy, Bogotá, Colombia. The wetland on the Bogotá savanna covers about 19 hectares (47 acres) and is crossed by the Avenida Ciudad de Cali. ^[1]

Flora and fauna

Flora

Flora registered in the wetland land include common duckweed ( Lemna minor) and swamp smartweed ( Polygonum hydropyperoides), ^[1] among other plant species.

Birds

El Burro has 33 registered bird species, among others the common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) and yellow-hooded blackbird (Agelaius icterocephalus). ^{[1] [2]}

Panorama

El Burro Wetland

See also

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

References

Bibliography

• Andrade L., Martha Esperanza; Benitez Castañeda, Henry. "Los Humedales de la Sabana de Bogotá: Área Importante para la Conservación de las Aves de Colombia y el Mundo" (PDF). AICAS. pp. 1–38. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
• Moreno, Vanesa; García, Juan Francisco; Villalba, Juan Carlos. "Descripción general de los humedales de Bogotá D.C." (PDF). Sociedad Geográfica de Colombia. pp. 1–28. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2017-03-03.

External links

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