Techo (wetland)
# Techo (wetland)

Techo (Spanish: Humedal del Techo) is a wetland, part of the Wetlands of Bogotá, located in the neighbourhood Techo in the locality Kennedy, Bogotá, Colombia. The wetland on the Bogotá savanna covers an area of about 11.6 hectares (29 acres). Techo is located in the basins of the Bogotá River and its main tributaries Fucha and Tunjuelo.

## Etymology

The name Techo is taken from Techovita, the name of a cacique in the Muisca Confederation, the former country on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense before the Spanish conquest.

## Flora and fauna

### Flora

Flora registered in Techo are among others Hydrocotyle ranunculoides, Lemna minor, Typha latifolia and Juncus bogotensis.

### Birds

In Techo, 53 bird species have been registered, of which one endemic, uniquely to this wetland, the common nighthawk (Chordeiles minor.

Other bird species as the yellow-hooded blackbird (Chrysomus icterocephalus bogotensis), great crested flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) and black flowerpiercer (Diglossa humeralis) have been spotted in Techo.

