Nemrut Volcano (Türkiye) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Nemrut Volcano

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
Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca	VU	breeding	1989	20 breeding pairs	B1i
Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus	LC	breeding	-	10 breeding pairs	B2

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
Transportation and service corridors	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Residential and commercial development	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Most of site (50-90%) covered (including the most critical parts for important bird species)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2013	Nemrut Caldera	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	14

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland	60
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater	40

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	95
agriculture	5

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Nemrut Volcano (Türkiye). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/nemrut-volcano-iba-türkiye on 23/11/2024.