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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
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala	EN	non-breeding	1991	27 individuals	A1
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	winter	1969-1970	9,365-14,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea	LC	non-breeding	-	300-900 individuals	A4i, B1i
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	LC	non-breeding	-	4,000-8,800 individuals	A4i, B1i
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	breeding	2000	2-8 breeding pairs	B1i
Great Bustard Otis tarda	EN	breeding	2000	35-45 individuals	A1
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	non-breeding	-	350-1,000 individuals	B1i
Greater Sandplover Charadrius leschenaultii	LC	breeding	-	10 breeding pairs	B2
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica	LC	breeding	1998	20 breeding pairs	B2
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	breeding	1998	20 breeding pairs	A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2004) may differ.

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.

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Wetlands (inland)	poor (40-69%)	poor (40-69%)	very unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Natural system modifications	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
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Col Golu ve Calikduzu UOSA	Wetland of National Importance	-

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland		40
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	30
Wetlands (inland)	Standing brackish and salt water, Water fringe vegetation	30

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	75
agriculture	25

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Çöl Lake and Çalıkdüzü (Türkiye). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/çöl-lake-and-çalıkdüzü-iba-türkiye on 22/11/2024.