İğdır Plain (Türkiye) IBA | Details

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İğdır Plain

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 (1999)	1–2 pairs	B2
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus	LC	winter (1999)	45 birds	A1
Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius	CR	passage (-)	2 birds	A1
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	breeding (2001)	13–20 pairs	B2
Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus	NT	winter (1999)	15–20 birds	A1

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	moderate	medium	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
Energy production and mining	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
Whole area (>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 (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2016	Aras Karasu Taşkınları	Wetland of National Importance (-)	-

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	36	Arable land
Grassland	35
Savanna	25
Wetlands (inland)	1	Rivers and streams; Standing freshwater; Water fringe vegetation

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	minor (<10)

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: İğdır Plain (Türkiye). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/iğdır-plain-iba-türkiye on 28/12/2024.