South Shore of Lake Van (Türkiye) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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South Shore of Lake Van

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
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala	EN	breeding	-	10-12 breeding pairs	A1, B2
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	breeding	-	30-50 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	negligible
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
Pollution	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Residential and commercial development	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Some of site covered (10-49%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2011	South Shore of Lake Van	Wetland of Local Importance	100

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Standing brackish and salt water	100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: South Shore of Lake Van (Türkiye). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/south-shore-of-lake-van-iba-türkiye on 23/11/2024.