Sündiken Mountains (Türkiye) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Sündiken Mountains

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2016 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
Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus	NT	breeding	-	4-5 breeding pairs	B2
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding	2016	30-35 breeding pairs	A1
Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus	NT	breeding	-	10-15 breeding pairs	A1, B1iii, B2
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	breeding	-	2-3 breeding pairs	A1, B2
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus	LC	breeding	-	4-6 breeding pairs	B2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2016) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2016. The most recent assessment (2006) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2006	not assessed	medium	low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	unset	poor

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Agricultural expansion and intensification	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	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Eskisehir Mihallicik Catacik YHGS	Wildlife Development Area	-

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland	90
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	10

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	50
agriculture	10

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sündiken Mountains (Türkiye). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sündiken-mountains-iba-türkiye on 23/11/2024.