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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	1997	40-50 individuals	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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Kütahya Merkez Altintas YHGS	Wildlife Development Area	41

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	70
Forest	Wooded steppe	30

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	75
agriculture	25

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