Kuyucuk Lake (Türkiye) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Kuyucuk Lake

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	2001	5-7 breeding pairs	A1, B2
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea	LC	non-breeding	-	2,000-6,000 individuals	A4i, B1i

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	medium
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
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management plan exists but the management planning process has begun	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	medium

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1990	Kuyucuk Golu	Game Reserve	63
2009	Lake Kuyucuk	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation	100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100
urban/industrial/transport	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kuyucuk Lake (Türkiye). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kuyucuk-lake-iba-türkiye on 22/11/2024.