Yeşilırmak Delta (Türkiye) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Yeşilırmak Delta

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
Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca	VU	winter	-	371-870 individuals	B1i
Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina	LC	winter	1995	520 individuals	B1i
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides	LC	breeding	-	30-40 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	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
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	good (> 90%)	moderate (70-90%)	near favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

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 plan exists but the management planning process has begun	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1975	Yesilirmak Deltasi GR	Game Reserve	17
2020	Yeşilırmak Deltası	Wetland of National Importance	-

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		30
Shrubland	Scrub	4
Artificial/Terrestrial	Forestry plantations, Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves	major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	45
hunting	20
agriculture	10
tourism/recreation	10
fisheries/aquaculture	10
forestry	5
other	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Yeşilırmak Delta (Türkiye). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/yeşilırmak-delta-iba-türkiye on 23/11/2024.