Sapanca Lake (Türkiye) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Sapanca 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
Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina	LC	winter	1995	578-1,002 individuals	A4ii, B1i
Common Pochard Aythya ferina	VU	winter	1995	10,400 individuals	B1i
Eurasian Coot Fulica atra	LC	winter	-	27,340-30,700 individuals	B1i
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus	LC	winter	1999	72 individuals	A1
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	1995-1996	40,357-48,267 individuals	A4iii

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	favourable	medium	low
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)	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Natural system modifications	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

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
1994	Sapanca Golu	SIT (Law on Protection of Cultural and Natural Assets No. 2863)	66
2010	Sapanca Lake	Wetland of Local Importance	100

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation	59
Forest		41

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
water management	100
urban/industrial/transport	100
fisheries/aquaculture	25

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sapanca Lake (Türkiye). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sapanca-lake-iba-türkiye on 23/11/2024.