Kozanlı Gökgöl (Türkiye) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Kozanlı Gökgöl

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

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Natural system modifications	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
Some of site covered (10-49%)	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	low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	% overlap with IBA
-	Kozanli Gokgol UOSA	Wetland of National Importance	-
1996	Kozanli Gokgol	SIT (Law on Protection of Cultural and Natural Assets No. 2863)	21

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation	90
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	10

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 23/11/2024.