Girdev Lake and Akdağlar (Türkiye) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Girdev Lake and Akdağlar

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
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	breeding	2001	2-3 breeding pairs	B1i
Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus	LC	breeding	-	present	A3
Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria	LC	breeding	-	present	A3
Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris	LC	breeding	-	present	A3
White-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla nivalis	LC	breeding	-	present	A3
Cinereous Bunting Emberiza cineracea	NT	breeding	2001	20-30 breeding pairs	A1, 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 (2016) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2016	favourable	low	negligible
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%)	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Residential and commercial development	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low

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	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Girdev Golu UOSA	Wetland of National Importance	3
1996	Saklikent MP	National Park	5

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Girdev Lake and Akdağlar (Türkiye). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/girdev-lake-and-akdağlar-iba-türkiye on 22/11/2024.