Beyşehir Lake (Türkiye) IBA | Details

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Beyşehir Lake This is an IBA in Danger!

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
Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina	LC	winter (-)	603–10,004 birds	A4i, B1i
Common Pochard Aythya ferina	VU	winter (1993–1996)	15,700–47,883 birds	A4i, B1i
Eurasian Coot Fulica atra	LC	winter (1993–1996)	130,200–163,378 birds	A4i, B1i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter (-)	89,059–213,824 birds	A4iii

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	poor	very high	medium
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	habitat	good

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Wetlands (inland)	moderate (70–90%)	moderate (70–90%)	poor

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Natural system modifications	happening now	most of population/area (50–90%)	rapid decline (>30% over 3 generations)	very 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90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A management plan exists, but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	medium

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1992	Beysehir Golu	SIT (Law on Protection of Cultural and Natural Assets No. 2863) (-)	79
1993	Beysehir Gölü	National Park (II)	79

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Wetlands (inland)	95	Standing freshwater; Water fringe vegetation
Artificial/Terrestrial	5	Arable land

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
water management	80
fisheries/aquaculture	15
agriculture	5

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Beyşehir Lake (Türkiye). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/beyşehir-lake-iba-türkiye on 26/12/2024.