Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2004
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population estimate | IBA Criteria Triggered |
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Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata | LC | breeding | 2000 | 20-30 breeding pairs | B2 |
Little Swift Apus affinis | LC | breeding | - | 150 breeding pairs | B2 |
Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita | EN | breeding | 2002 | 55 individuals | A1, A4i, B1i, B2 |
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus | LC | non-breeding | 2001 | 550 individuals | A1, B1i |
Pallid Scops-owl Otus brucei | LC | breeding | - | 1-5 breeding pairs | B2 |
Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis | LC | breeding | - | 5-10 breeding pairs | B2 |
Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis | LC | breeding | - | 20 breeding pairs | B2 |
Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus | LC | breeding | - | 5-20 breeding pairs | B2 |
Cinereous Bunting Emberiza cineracea | NT | breeding | 2001 | 50 breeding pairs | A1, B2 |
Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.
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Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
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Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
2016 | medium | near favourable | low |
Was the whole site covered? | Yes | State assessed by | Habitat |
Accuracy of information | good |
Threats to the site (pressure) | |||||
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Threat Level 1 | Threat Level 2 | Timing | Scope | Severity | Result |
Agricultural expansion and intensification | annual & perennial non-timber crops - agro-industry farming | happening now | some of area/population (10-49%) | slow but significant deterioration | medium |
Biological resource use | hunting & collecting terrestrial animals - motivation unknown/unrecorded | happening now | some of area/population (10-49%) | slow but significant deterioration | medium |
Energy production and mining | mining and quarrying | happening now | small area/few individuals (<10%) | slow but significant deterioration | low |
Natural system modifications | dams & water management/use - large dams | past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting | majority/most of area/population (50-90%) | very rapid to severe deterioration | low |
Condition of habitat (state) | ||||||
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Habitat | Habitat Detail | Reference Area (ha) | Actual Area (ha) | % of habitat remaining | % of carrying capacity (overall) | Result |
Desert | Semidesert | 0 | 0 | moderate (70-90%) | good (> 90%) | near favourable |
Conservation actions taken at site (response) | |||
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Conservation Designation | Management Planning | Conservation Action | Result |
Little/none of site covered (<10%) | A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive | Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity | low |
Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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Birecik Lake Wetland | Other Area | 0 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Birecik Firat YHGS | Wildlife Development Area | 0 | unknown | 0 |
The local conservation groups below are working to support conservation at this IBA.
Name | Year formed |
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Doğa Kültür ve Yaşatma Derneği | 2011 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Desert | Semidesert | - |
Wetlands (inland) | Rivers and streams | - |
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine | - | |
Artificial/Terrestrial | Arable land, Urban parks and gardens | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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agriculture | - |
energy production and mining | - |
tourism/recreation | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Southern Euphrates Valley and Birecik Plains. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 14/08/2022.