Tibanica
Tibanica is a wetland, part of the Wetlands of Bogotá, located on the border of the locality Bosa, Bogotá and Soacha, Cundinamarca, Colombia. The wetland on the Bogotá savanna covers an area of about. Tibanica is located in the Tunjuelo River basin.Etymology
The name Tibanica has its origin in Muysccubun, the language of the Muisca Confederation, the former country on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense before the Spanish conquest. Tiba means "lord", niki; "gate, altar" and ica or icu refers to the supreme being in the Muisca religion, Chiminigagua or the afterlife. The accepted meaning is thus "portal of the altars"; the entrance to a sacred place for the indigenous Muisca.Flora
Flora registered in Tibanica are among others Senna viarum, Humboldt's willow, common duckweed, common cattail, and Juncus bogotensis.Birds
In Tibanica, 24 bird species have been registered, of which one endemic, uniquely to this wetland, the black-winged kite.
Other bird species as the Bogotá rail, spot-flanked gallinule, and Apolinar's wren, named after Colombian monk and ornithologist Apolinar María, have been spotted in Tibanica.
