Çoruh Valley (Türkiye) IBA | Details

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Çoruh Valley This is an IBA in Danger!

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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 IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('key species') at the site:

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage (-)	10,000 individuals	B1iv

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 status
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2016	very unfavourable	very high	low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	habitat	medium

State (condition of the key species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Wetlands (inland)	very poor (<40%)	very poor (<40%)	very unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the key species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Natural system modifications	happening now	most of population/area (50–90%)	rapid deterioration (>30% over 3 generations)	very high
Energy production and mining	likely in short term (within 4 years)	some of population/area (10–49%)	rapid deterioration (>30% over 3 generations)	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the key species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Some of site covered (10–49%)	A management plan exists, but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1990	Artvin Yusufeli Çoruh Valley Wildlife Development Area	Game Reserve (-)	-
1994	Hatila Vadisi	National Park (-)	100
1999	Erzurum İspir Verçenik Mountain Wildlife Development Area	Game Reserve (-)	-
2005	Camili	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (UA)	-

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Wetlands (inland)	major (>10)	Rivers and streams

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Çoruh Valley (Türkiye). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/çoruh-valley-iba-türkiye on 14/01/2025.