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The site was identified as important in 2000 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
Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus	LC	breeding	1989-1996	75 breeding pairs	B2
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala	EN	winter	1989-1993	230-978 individuals	A1, A4i, B1i
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna	LC	winter	1992	854 individuals	B1i
Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris	NT	breeding	1989-1996	5 breeding pairs	A1, B1i, B2
Common Pochard Aythya ferina	VU	winter	1989-1992	14,500-16,801 individuals	A4i, B1i
Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope	LC	winter	1989-1993	10,073-13,900 individuals	B1i
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	LC	winter	1990-1999	5,125-18,930 individuals	A4i, B1i
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio	LC	breeding	1989-1996	present	B2
Common Coot Fulica atra	LC	winter	1989-1996	28,100-46,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Great White Egret Ardea alba	LC	winter	1992	416 individuals	A4i, B1i
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus	LC	passage	1990	45 individuals	A1
Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus	LC	breeding	1989-1996	present	B2
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	passage	1990-1993	601-1,589 individuals	A4i, B1i
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	passage	1993	300 individuals	B1i
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	passage	1990-1993	400-3,918 individuals	A4i, B1i
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	breeding	1989-1996	present	B2
Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus	LC	breeding	1989-1996	present	B2
Little Stint Calidris minuta	LC	passage	1990	4,835-5,165 individuals	A4i, B1i
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	breeding	1989-1996	100 breeding pairs	B2

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2000).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Akyatan Lagoon	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	14,700	protected area overlaps with site	14,000
Akyatan Golu	Game Reserve	7,500	protected area contained by site	15,304

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Forestry plantations	-
Marine Intertidal		-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

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

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
hunting	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
forestry	-
not utilised	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Akyatan Lake. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/akyatan-lake-iba-turkey on 27/09/2023.