Data Zone
Country/territory: Turkey
IBA Criteria met: A1, A4i, A4ii, A4iii, B1i, B1ii, B2, B3 (2004)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 31,327 ha
Protection status:
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2016 | very high | very unfavourable | medium |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site description
The largest area of intact wetland on the Turkish Black Sea coast, comprising open water, marsh vegetation (including vast reedbeds), sand-dunes, farmland and remnant woodland (including Alnus/Fraxinus seasonally-flooded forest). The lake edges support Phragmites and Typha; the dunes support maquis-like vegetation. Outside the IBA, the delta is used for grazing and intensive arable production. Reed-cutting is an important economic activity (`Other' land-use).
Key biodiversity
The site is very important for breeding, wintering and passage waterbirds, with over 10,000 waders passing through the delta in spring. Thirty-five species of passerine breed in the forests and Haliaeetus albicilla has bred in the past.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2019) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Kızılırmak Delta. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 22/05/2019.
