Beynam Forests (Türkiye) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Beynam Forests

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
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	breeding	1989-1996	2 breeding pairs	A1

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 (2006) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2006	favourable	low	low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	population	poor

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	2	2	breeding pairs	100	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
No known threats	past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

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	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Beynam Ormani	Protected Forest	40
1978	Beynam Ormani	SIT (Law on Protection of Cultural and Natural Assets No. 2863)	100

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Mixed woodland	100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	85
tourism/recreation	10
forestry	5

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