Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2004
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population at site | 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: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.
For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here
IBA conservation status - summary | |||
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Year of assessment (most recent) | Threat (pressure) | Condition (state) | Action (response) |
2016 | medium | near favourable | low |
Was the whole site assessed? | yes | Condition (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 the site (state), by habitat | ||||||
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Habitat | Habitat detail | Reference area (ha) | Actual area (ha) | Habitat quantity (% remaining) | Habitat quality (carrying capacity) | Result |
Desert | Semidesert | 0 | 0 | moderate (70-90%) | good (> 90%) | near favourable |
Conservation actions taken at the site (response) | |||
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Protected-area designation | Management planning | Other 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 (PA) | PA designation | PA area (ha) | Relationship of PA with IBA | Overlap of PA 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 (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Southern Euphrates Valley and Birecik Plains. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/24080 on 03/06/2023.