Çavuşçu Lake (Türkiye) IBA | Details

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Çavuşçu Lake

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina	LC	winter (1993)	1,000 birds	A4i, B1i
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida	LC	breeding (1989–1996)	100 pairs	B2
Black Tern Chlidonias niger	LC	breeding (-)	8 pairs	B2
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter (1993)	32,586 birds	A4iii

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	moderate	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%)	moderate

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
No known threats	happening now	few individuals/small area (<10%)	no or slight decline (<1% over 3 generations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Whole area (>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 (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Cavuscu Golu	Other Area (-)	38

Habitats

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

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 23/12/2024.