BirdLife Data Zone

TR013

Murat Mountain

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2004 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus	NT	breeding	-	2-4 breeding pairs	B2

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2004).

IBA Conservation

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment (most recent)	State (condition)	Pressure (threat)	Response (action)
2016	near favourable	low	negligible
Was the whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	habitat	medium

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Habitat detail	Reference area (ha)	Actual area (ha)	Habitat quantity (% remaining)	Habitat quality (carrying capacity)	Result
Forest	Native coniferous woodland	0	0	good (> 90%)	moderate (70-90%)	near favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat level 1	Threat level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Natural system modifications	other ecosystem modifications	past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other conservation action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

For more information about IBA conservation status, please click here

Habitats

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Native coniferous woodland	-
Grassland	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Forestry plantations	-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land use

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
forestry	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Murat Mountain. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/murat-mountain-iba-türkiye on 06/12/2023.