Salda Lake (Türkiye) IBA | Details | BirdLife International

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Salda Lake This is an IBA in Danger!

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
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala	EN	winter (1992–1993)	40–128 birds	A1, B1i

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	poor	very high	medium
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	habitat	good

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Wetlands (inland)	moderate (70–90%)	moderate (70–90%)	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%)	rapid decline (>30% over 3 generations)	very 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90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A management plan exists, but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented, but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	medium

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1992	Salda Golu	SIT (Law on Protection of Cultural and Natural Assets No. 2863) (-)	70
2010	Salda Lake	Wetland of Local Importance (-)	100

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Wetlands (inland)	73	Standing brackish and salt water
Forest	27

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	95
tourism/recreation	5

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Salda Lake (Türkiye). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/salda-lake-iba-türkiye on 22/12/2024.