Köroğlu Mountains (Türkiye) IBA | Details

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Köroğlu Mountains

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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 IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('key species') at the site:

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus	NT	breeding (1989–1996)	5 breeding pairs	A1, B2

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

Pressure (threats to the key species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Natural system modifications	happening now	some of population/area (10–49%)	slow deterioration (1–10% over 3 generations)	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the key species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2010	Ankara Beypazarı Kapaklı	Wildlife Development Area (IV)	100

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	100	Broadleaved deciduous woodland; Native coniferous woodland

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	75
forestry	25

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Köroğlu Mountains (Türkiye). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/köroğlu-mountains-iba-türkiye on 14/01/2025.