Kavuştuk Peninsula (Türkiye) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Kavuştuk Peninsula

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
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala	EN	breeding	-	2-4 breeding pairs	A1, B2
Great Bustard Otis tarda	EN	breeding	-	31-35 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	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
Residential and commercial development	likely in short term (within 4 years)	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
Most of site (50-90%) covered (including the most critical parts for important bird species)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2010	Van Lake	Wetland of Local Importance	100

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	major (>10)
Wetlands (inland)	Water fringe vegetation, Standing freshwater, Standing brackish and salt water	major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kavuştuk Peninsula (Türkiye). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kavuştuk-peninsula-iba-türkiye on 23/11/2024.