Palas Lake (Türkiye) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Palas 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
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea	LC	winter	1999	1,438 individuals	A4i, B1i
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea	LC	passage	-	1,120-2,930 individuals	A4i, B1i
Greater Sandplover Charadrius leschenaultii	LC	breeding	-	10-15 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	very unfavourable	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 unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Natural system modifications	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high

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 planning has taken place	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with 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

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Standing brackish and salt water, Fens, transition mires and springs	51
Desert		39
Grassland	Humid grasslands	10

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 22/11/2024.