İğdır Plain (Türkiye) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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İğdır Plain

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
Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris	NT	breeding	1999	1-2 breeding pairs	B2
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus	LC	winter	1999	45 individuals	A1
Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius	CR	passage	-	2 individuals	A1
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	breeding	2001	13-20 breeding pairs	B2
Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus	NT	winter	1999	15-20 individuals	A1

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	near favourable	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%)	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Energy production and mining	happening now	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
2016	Aras Karasu Taşkınları	Wetland of National Importance	-

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	36
Grassland		35
Savanna		25
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams, Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation	1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 26/11/2024.