Çorak Lake (Türkiye) IBA | Details | BirdLife International

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Çorak 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
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala	EN	winter (1971–1974)	85–930 birds	A1, A4i, B1i
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea	LC	winter (1999)	2,900 birds	A4i, B1i
Common Teal Anas crecca	LC	winter (1986)	20,200 birds	A4i, B1i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter (-)	27,695–45,900 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	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%)	good (>90%)	moderate

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Natural system modifications	happening now	some of population/area (10–49%)	moderate decline (10–30% over 3 generations)	high

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	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2016	Çorak Gölü	Wetland of National Importance (-)	-

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Wetlands (inland)	100	Standing brackish and salt water; Rivers and streams

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	100

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Çorak Lake (Türkiye). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/çorak-lake-iba-türkiye on 23/12/2024.