Devegeçidi Dam (Türkiye) IBA | Details

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Devegeçidi Dam

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
Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris	NT	breeding (1990)	2 pairs	B2
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca	NT	breeding (-)	20 pairs	A1
Armenian Gull Larus armenicus	LC	winter (2001)	1,073 birds	A4i, B1i

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	good	medium	very 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)	good (>90%)	good (>90%)	good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	some of population/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations)	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Little/none of area covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	very low

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Wetlands (inland)	major (>10)	Standing freshwater

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Devegeçidi Dam (Türkiye). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/devegeçidi-dam-iba-türkiye on 23/12/2024.