Akdoğan Mountain (Türkiye) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Akdoğan 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') at the site:

Species	Red List¹	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca	VU	breeding	2001	10-15 breeding pairs	B1i
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca	NT	breeding	2001	20 breeding pairs	A1, B2
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	breeding	-	8-15 breeding pairs	B1i, B2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2004) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2004. The most recent assessment (2016) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2016	unfavourable	high	negligible
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	habitat	medium

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Wetlands (inland)	moderate (70-90%)	moderate (70-90%)	unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Natural system modifications	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Some of site covered (10-49%)	No management planning has taken place	Unknown	negligible

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2021	Akdoğan Gölü	Wetland of Local Importance	-

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater	11
Savanna		5
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland	major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	major (>10)
rangeland/pastureland	major (>10)

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Akdoğan Mountain (Türkiye). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/akdoğan-mountain-iba-türkiye on 23/11/2024.