El humedal del burro, Protected wetland in Kennedy district, Bogotá, Colombia.

El humedal del burro is a protected wetland in the Kennedy locality of southwestern Bogotá, covering about 18.84 hectares. The Avenida Ciudad de Cali divides it into two fragments, the eastern one being larger. Its open water mirrors are covered with floating duckweed, surrounded by emergent herbaceous meadows and a band of trees and shrubs; a long brick building with a pitched roof stands in the distance.

The wetland is a remnant of a much larger lagoon that existed in the middle 1900s covering many times its current area. Urban sprawl reduced this ecosystem significantly before the remaining portion was designated for protection.

The wetland lies in Kennedy, in southwestern Bogotá, between the Avenida Ciudad de Cali and the Avenida de las Américas, and is one of 17 Bogotá wetlands recognised as a District Wetland Reserve. It belongs to the UPZ 27 Castilla and UPZ 79 Calandaima, and its eastern section, the larger of the two fragments, borders the Monterrey, Alboral and Villa María neighbourhoods.

Access is from Avenida Boyacá or Avenida de las Américas; the Avenida Ciudad de Cali crosses the wetland and splits it into two fragments, the eastern one being the larger. The site lies in Kennedy, in the UPZ Castilla and Calandaima. Paths are easier after dry weather, since wet ground turns muddy.

Among the 32 to 33 bird species recorded here are the tingua piquirroja (Gallinula chloropus), the monjita (Chrysomus icterocephalus bogotensis), the caica (Gallinago nobilis) and the cerceta aliazul (Spatula discors), seen along the shore and in the reedbeds. The bogotá rail frog (Dendropsophus labialis) and the sabanera snake (Atractus crassicaudatus), once abundant, have not been recorded again.