Foça Peninsula (Türkiye) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Foça Peninsula

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
Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata	LC	breeding	-	1-2 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 (2006) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2006	not assessed	medium	low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	unset	poor

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Residential and commercial development	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Transportation and service corridors	likely in short term (within 4 years)	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

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	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1977	Foca Adalarý	SIT (Law on Protection of Cultural and Natural Assets No. 2863)	1
1990	Foça	Specially Protected Area of Marine Importance (Barcelona Convention)	<1

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	85
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		15

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	80
tourism/recreation	10
nature conservation and research	10

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Foça Peninsula (Türkiye). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/foça-peninsula-iba-türkiye on 24/11/2024.