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Kozanlı Gökgöl


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 (1989–1996) 10 pairs A1, B2
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida LC breeding (1998) 50 pairs B2
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica LC breeding (1998) 20–30 pairs B2
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni LC breeding (-) 15 pairs 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%) moderate (70–90%) moderate

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

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation Planning Action Result
Some of area covered (10–49%) A management plan exists, but it is out of date or not compre­hensive Some limited conservation initiatives are in place low

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
- Kozanli Gokgol UOSA Wetland of National Importance (-) -
1996 Kozanli Gokgol SIT (Law on Protection of Cultural and Natural Assets No. 2863) (-) 21

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Wetlands (inland) 90 Standing freshwater; Water fringe vegetation
Artificial/Terrestrial 10 Arable land

Land use

Land use % of IBA
not utilised 70
agriculture 30


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kozanlı Gökgöl (Türkiye). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kozanlı-gökgöl-iba-türkiye on 24/12/2024.