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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	1996	4 individuals	A1
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea	LC	passage	1994-1995	744-1,099 individuals	A4i, B1i
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea	LC	winter	1992-1995	205-610 individuals	A4i, B1i
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	winter	1999	2,000 individuals	B1i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2004) may differ.

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.

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
No known threats	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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Yedikir Baraji UOSA	Wetland of National Importance	-
-	Yedikir Baraji	SIT (Law on Protection of Cultural and Natural Assets No. 2863)	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation	100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
water management	100
fisheries/aquaculture	5

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Yedikır Reservoir (Türkiye). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/yedikır-reservoir-iba-türkiye on 22/11/2024.