Marmara Islands (Türkiye) IBA | Details

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Marmara Islands

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2016 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
Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan	VU	non-breeding (2016)	150–200 birds	A1
European Shag Gulosus aristotelis	LC	breeding (1997)	50–250 pairs	B1i, B3
Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis	LC	breeding (1997)	500–3,000 pairs	B1i
Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae	LC	breeding (1978)	18–21 pairs	B2

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2016. The most recent assessment (2015) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2015	not assessed	high	very low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	unset	medium

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Pollution	likely in short term (<4 years)	some of population/area (10–49%)	rapid decline (>30% over 3 generations)	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Unknown	Unknown	Very little or no conservation action taking place	very low

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)
Shrubland	major (>10)

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Marmara Islands (Türkiye). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/marmara-islands-iba-türkiye on 23/12/2024.