Yarışlı Lake (Türkiye) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Yarışlı 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
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala	EN	winter	-	5-46 individuals	A1
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea	LC	winter	1992-1996	206-1,736 individuals	A4i, B1i

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	unfavourable	high	low
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)	moderate (70-90%)	moderate (70-90%)	unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Natural system modifications	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting	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
Most of site (50-90%) covered (including the most critical parts for important bird species)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2016	Yarışlı Gölü	Wetland of National Importance	-

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Standing brackish and salt water, Water fringe vegetation	60
Other		40

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	100

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Yarışlı Lake (Türkiye). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/yarışlı-lake-iba-türkiye on 22/11/2024.