Çavuşçu Lake (Türkiye) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Çavuşçu 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
Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina	LC	winter	1993	1,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida	LC	breeding	1989-1996	100 breeding pairs	B2
Black Tern Chlidonias niger	LC	breeding	-	8 breeding pairs	B2
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	1993	32,586 individuals	A4iii

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	low	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)	good (> 90%)	moderate (70-90%)	near favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
No known threats	happening now	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
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
-	Cavuscu Golu	Other Area	38

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater	90
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	10

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
water management	100
fisheries/aquaculture	25
agriculture	10

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Çavuşçu Lake (Türkiye). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/çavuşçu-lake-iba-türkiye on 23/11/2024.