Jaboque

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 148ha. The wetland is close to El Dorado International Airport in the Juan Amarillo River basin.EtymologyJaboque in Muysccubun, the language of the indigenous Muisca who inhabited the Bogotá savanna before the Spanish conquest, means "land of abundance".Flora and faunaBirdsJaboque has 81 registered bird species, of which 4 endemic.Endemic species unique for this wetland are: