Kızılcahamam Forests (Türkiye) IBA | Details

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Kızılcahamam Forests

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
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding (-)	10 pairs	B2
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding (1989–1996)	15 pairs	B2
Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus	NT	breeding (-)	7–10 pairs	A1, B2
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus	LC	breeding (1989–1996)	3 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 (2013) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2013	good	high	medium
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	habitat	poor

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Forest	good (>90%)	good (>90%)	good

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%)	moderate decline (10–30% over 3 generations)	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Whole area (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A management plan exists, but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	medium

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1959	Soguksu MP	National Park (-)	8

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	90	Mixed woodland
Grassland	10	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	50
tourism/recreation	25
nature conservation and research	25

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kızılcahamam Forests (Türkiye). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kızılcahamam-forests-iba-türkiye on 23/12/2024.