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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
Great Bustard Otis tarda	EN	breeding	1996	40-60 breeding pairs	A1, B2

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

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2004. The most recent assessment (2012) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

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 planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	90
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	10

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	50
not utilised	50

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