Jaboque
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| Jaboque Wetland Humedal Jaboque | |
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| File:Humedal del Jaboque, en Engativá cl 71 A barrio bolivia de Bogotá.JPG Jaboque Wetland | |
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| Location | Engativá, Bogotá File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia |
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| Area | 148 ha (370 acres) |
| Elevation | 2,539 m (8,330 ft) |
| Designated | September 2003 |
| Named for | Muysccubun: "land of abundance" |
| Administrator | EAAB - ESP |
| Website | Humedal Jaboque |
Jaboque (Spanish: Humedal de Jaboque) is a wetland, part of the Wetlands of Bogotá, located in the locality Engativá, Bogotá, Colombia. The wetland, close to the Bogotá River on the Bogotá savanna covers an area of 148 hectares (370 acres).[1] The wetland is close to El Dorado International Airport in the Juan Amarillo River basin.[2]
Etymology
[edit | edit source]Jaboque in Muysccubun, the language of the indigenous Muisca who inhabited the Bogotá savanna before the Spanish conquest, means "land of abundance".[1]
Flora and fauna
[edit | edit source]Birds
[edit | edit source]Jaboque has 81 registered bird species, of which 4 endemic.[3][4]
Endemic species unique for this wetland are:[5]
| Name | Species | Image |
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| great egret | Ardea alba | |
| cattle egret | Ardeola ibis | |
| grey-lined hawk | Buteo nitidus | .jpg) |
| grey-bellied flowerpiercer | Diglossa carbonaria |  |
Gallery
[edit | edit source]See also
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References
[edit | edit source]Bibliography
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External links
[edit | edit source]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Humedal del Jaboque.
- (in Spanish) Fundación Humedales de Bogotá
- (in Spanish) Conozca los 15 humedales de Bogotá - El Tiempo
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