Aktaş Lake (Türkiye) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Aktaş Lake

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
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea	LC	non-breeding	1982-1995	210-500 individuals	A4i, B1i
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus	NT	breeding	1989-1996	20 breeding pairs	A1, A4i, B1i, B2
Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus	LC	breeding	1989-1996	50 breeding pairs	B2
Armenian Gull Larus armenicus	LC	breeding	1995	700 individuals	A4i, B1i

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	favourable	low	medium
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)	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
No known threats	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management plan exists but the management planning process has begun	The conservation measures needed for the site are being comprehensively and effectively implemented	medium

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Aktaş Lake International Wetland Area	Other Area	100
2015	Aktaş Gölü	Wetland of National Importance	-

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater	59
Savanna		41

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	100

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Aktaş Lake (Türkiye). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/aktaş-lake-iba-türkiye on 22/11/2024.