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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2004

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population at site	IBA criteria triggered
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala	EN	breeding	1998	2 breeding pairs	A1, B2
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	winter	1993	19,400 individuals	A4i, B1i
Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina	LC	winter	1996	345 individuals	B1i
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	winter	1993	39 individuals	B1i
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	breeding	1994	6 breeding pairs	B1i
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	LC	passage	1994	9,550 individuals	A4i, B1i
Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus	LC	breeding	1989-1996	10 breeding pairs	B2
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica	LC	breeding	1998	50-70 breeding pairs	B2
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus	LC	breeding	1989-1996	15 breeding pairs	B3
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	breeding	-	12 breeding pairs	A1
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	1993	21,327 individuals	A4iii

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

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Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat level 1	Threat level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Natural system modifications	dams & water management/use - abstraction of ground water (agricultural use)	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

Condition of the site (state), by habitat
Habitat	Habitat detail	Reference area (ha)	Actual area (ha)	Habitat quantity (% remaining)	Habitat quality (carrying capacity)	Result
Wetlands (inland)	Water fringe vegetation	0	0	very poor (< 40%)	very poor (< 40%)	very unfavourable

Conservation actions taken at the site (response)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other conservation action	Result
Most of site (50-90%) covered (including the most critical parts for important bird species)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

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Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Tuz Golu OCKB	Specially Protected Area of Marine Importance (Barcelona Convention)	741,440	is identical to site	0
Esmekaya Sazligi	SIT (Law on Protection of Cultural and Natural Assets No. 2863)	11,250	protected area contained by site	11,250

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation	-
Other		-
Grassland	Humid grasslands	-

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

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
water management	-
hunting	-
not utilised	-

For further information about the land-use classification, please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Eşmekaya Marshes. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/835 on 07/06/2023.