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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
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding	-	5-10 breeding pairs	B2
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding	2016	20-25 breeding pairs	A1
Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus	NT	breeding	-	22-27 breeding pairs	A1, B1iii, B2
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	breeding	-	2 breeding pairs	A1
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus	LC	breeding	1989-1996	5 breeding pairs	B2

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

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.

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
Residential and commercial development	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
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	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Kutahya Merkez Turkmenbaba YHGS	Wildlife Development Area	22
1980	Turkmenbaba Dagý	SIT (Law on Protection of Cultural and Natural Assets No. 2863)	-

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland	100
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inland cliffs	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	95
agriculture	5

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Türkmenbaba Mountain (Türkiye). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/türkmenbaba-mountain-iba-türkiye on 23/11/2024.