Akyay Plain (Türkiye) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Akyay Plain

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
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	breeding	1998	350 individuals	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	unfavourable	high	negligible
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	habitat	good

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Grassland	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	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high
Residential and commercial development	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
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	66
Desert	Semidesert	33
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater	1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	major (>10)
urban/industrial/transport	major (>10)

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Akyay Plain (Türkiye). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/akyay-plain-iba-türkiye on 23/11/2024.