BirdLife Data Zone

Çanakkale Strait

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2016

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population at site	IBA criteria triggered
Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan	VU	passage	2015	1,000-2,499 adults	A1, A4ii, B1ii

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

IBA conservation status - summary
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	medium

Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat level 1	Threat level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Energy production and mining	renewable energy	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low
Other	other threat	likely in short term (within 4 years)	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Condition of the site (state), by habitat
Habitat	Habitat detail	Reference area (ha)	Actual area (ha)	Habitat quantity (% remaining)	Habitat quality (carrying capacity)	Result
Marine Neritic		0	0	good (> 90%)	moderate (70-90%)	near favourable

Conservation actions taken at the site (response)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other conservation action	Result
Some of site covered (10-49%)	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	low

For more information about IBA conservation status, please click here

Habitats

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Marine Neritic		-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Çanakkale Strait. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/28345 on 08/06/2023.