Altıntaş Plateau (Türkiye) IBA | Details

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Altıntaş Plateau

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Great Bustard Otis tarda	EN	breeding (1997)	40–50 birds	A1, B2

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 (2012) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2012	not assessed	high	low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	unset	medium

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	most of population/area (50–90%)	moderate decline (10–30% over 3 generations)	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Whole area (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Kütahya Merkez Altintas YHGS	Wildlife Development Area (-)	41

Habitats

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

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	75
agriculture	25

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 26/12/2024.