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Palas Lake

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
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea	LC	winter (1999)	1,438 birds	A4i, B1i
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea	LC	passage (-)	1,120–2,930 birds	A4i, B1i
Greater Sandplover Charadrius leschenaultii	LC	breeding (-)	10–15 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 (2016) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2016	very poor	high	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)	poor (40–69%)	poor (40–69%)	very poor

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Natural system modifications	happening now	most of population/area (50–90%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations)	high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	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	No management planning has taken place	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1993	Palas Golu	SIT (Law on Protection of Cultural and Natural Assets No. 2863) (-)	58
2019	Tuzla Palas Gölü	Wetland of National Importance (-)	-

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Wetlands (inland)	51	Standing brackish and salt water; Fens, transition mires and springs
Desert	39
Grassland	10	Humid grasslands

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	90
agriculture	10

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Palas Lake (Türkiye). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/palas-lake-iba-türkiye on 23/12/2024.