Dicle Valley (Türkiye) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Dicle Valley This is an IBA in Danger!

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2016 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
Little Swift Apus affinis	LC	breeding	-	10 breeding pairs	B2
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding	2016	20-25 breeding pairs	A1
Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata	LC	breeding	-	1-2 breeding pairs	B2
Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis	LC	breeding	-	10 breeding pairs	B2
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	breeding	-	40 breeding pairs	A1
Cinereous Bunting Emberiza cineracea	NT	breeding	1999	30-60 breeding pairs	A1, B2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2016) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2016. The most recent assessment (2016) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2016	very unfavourable	very high	low
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)	poor (40-69%)	moderate (70-90%)	very unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Natural system modifications	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	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
1978	Hasankeyf Birinci Derecede Arkeolojik SIT Alanı	SIT (Law on Protection of Cultural and Natural Assets No. 2863)	100

Local Conservation Groups

The Local Conservation Group(s) listed below are working to conserve this IBA.

Name	Year formed
Batman Doğa Derneği	0
Hasankeyf Yaşatma Girişimi	0

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please click here.

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Desert	Semidesert	50
Forest	Wooded steppe	26
Introduced vegetation		20
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Dicle Valley (Türkiye). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/dicle-valley-iba-türkiye on 22/11/2024.