Tibabuyes

Tibabuyes (Spanish: Humedal de Tibabuyes) or Juan Amarillo Wetland is a wetland, part of the Wetlands of Bogotá, located in the localities Suba and Engativá, Bogotá, Colombia. The wetland, in the Juan Amarillo River basin on the Bogotá savanna is the largest of the wetlands of Bogotá and covers an area of 222 hectares (550 acres).

Tibabuyes Wetland Humedal Tibabuyes
Juan Amarillo Wetland
Tibabuyes Wetland
Location in Bogotá
Location	Suba, Engativá, Bogotá Colombia
Coordinates	4°43′49.79″N 74°06′34.9″W
Area	222.58 ha (550.0 acres)
Elevation	2,539 m (8,330 ft)
Designated	September 2003
Named for	Muysccubun: "land of the farmers"
Administrator	EAAB - ESP
Website	Humedal de Tibabuyes

With the planned construction of Avenida Longitudinal de Occidente/Cundinamarca Highway, there will have to be built an overpass, which will affect the wetlands. The indigenous community and the inhabitants of the neighbourhoods surrounding the place are opposed to it.

Etymology

The name Tibabuyes comes from Muysccubun, the language of the indigenous Muisca, who inhabited the Bogotá savanna before the Spanish conquest, and means "land of the farmers".

Flora and fauna

Birds

Tibabuyes hosts 22 bird species.

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

Further reading

• 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, retrieved 2017-03-03

External links

• (in Spanish) Fundación Humedales de Bogotá
• (in Spanish) Conozca los 15 humedales de Bogotá - El Tiempo
• (in Spanish) Configuración del paisaje: conflicto ambiental y proceso de urbanización en el Humedal Tibabuyes 1960-2010