Antalya Plains (Türkiye) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Antalya Plains

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
White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis	LC	breeding	-	1-2 breeding pairs	B2
Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis	LC	breeding	-	20 breeding pairs	B2

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	very unfavourable	high	low
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)	poor (40-69%)	poor (40-69%)	very unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Residential and commercial development	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
Some of site covered (10-49%)	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Aksu Deltasi UOSA	Wetland of National Importance	-
1990	Bellek OCKB	Specially Protected Area of Marine Importance (Barcelona Convention)	-

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved evergreen woodland, Mixed woodland	35
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams	35
Shrubland	Heathland, Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis, Scrub	33

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	major (>10)
tourism/recreation	major (>10)

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