Karamık Marshes (Türkiye) IBA | Details

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Karamık Marshes

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
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala	EN	breeding (1996)	2 pairs	A1, B2
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida	LC	breeding (-)	40 pairs	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 (2016) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2016	poor	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)	moderate (70–90%)	moderate (70–90%)	poor

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Natural system modifications	happening now	some of population/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations)	medium
Pollution	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
2019	Karamuk Sazlıkları	Wetland of National Importance (-)	100

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Wetlands (inland)	90	Standing freshwater; Water fringe vegetation; Fens, transition mires and springs
Artificial/Terrestrial	10	Arable land

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
other	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Karamık Marshes (Türkiye). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/karamık-marshes-iba-türkiye on 24/12/2024.