Ornithology Areas
Ornithology Areas
Seyfe Lake and Hirfanli Dam Bird Areas are within Kirşehir city.
Kizilirmak Basin
Tödürge Lake
City: Sivas
Provinces: Hafik, Zara
Surface Area: 750
Altitude : 1295 m
Protection: N/A
Bird Species: It gains important bird areas status with macar ördeği (40 pairs) population.
Main Characteristics: light salty lake, swamp
Matched category: B2
Palas Lake
City: Kayseri
Provinces: Sarıoğlan, Bünyan
Surface Area : 2720
Altitude : 1132 m
Protection: Yes
Bird Species: There are angıt (max.2930).
Main Characteristics: salt lake
Matched category: A4i, B1i, B2
Sultansazlığı
City: Kayseri
Provinces: Develi, Yeşilhisar, İncesu
Surface Area : 39000
Altitude : 1074 m
Protection: Yes
Bird Species: Küçük karabatak (200 pairs), alaca balıkçıl (70 pairs), çeltikçi(75 pairs), kaşıkçı (10 pairs), boz ördek (20 pairs), yaz ördeği (5 pairs), Macar ördeği (400 pairs), pasbaş patka (20 pairs), dikkuyruk (20 pairs), turna (20 pairs), kılıçgaga (150 pairs),bataklıkkırlangıcı (50 pairs), akça cılıbıt (100 pairs), büyük cılıbıt, mahmuzlu kızkuşu (20 pairs), gülen sumru (50 pairs), küçük sumru (100 pairs) and bıyıklı sumru (400 pairs) can be mentioned among the important species reproducing within the area. While angıt (max.2283) prefers the region during summer, huge numbers of flamingo (max. 59.150), turna (max.1200) and kılıçgaga (max.2115) uses the area during autumn. There are numerous water birds (max. 12.801) during winter and immigration period.
Main Characteristics: sweet and salty lakes, steppe
Matched category: A1, A4i, A4iii, B1i, B2, B3
Seyfe Lake
City: Kırşehir
Provinces: Mucur, Boztepe
Surface Area : 14000
Altitude : 1110 m
Protection: Yes
Bird Species: It gains important bird areas status with ak pelikan (100 pairs), kaşıkçı(50 pairs), flamingo (2000 pairs), Macar ördeği (15 pairs), toy, kılıçgaga (500 pairs), mahmuzlu kızkuşu (10 pairs), Akdeniz martısı (500 pairs), gülen sumru (500 pairs) and küçük sumru (500 pairs) populations. There are huge numbers of water birds (max. 21.861) during winter, sakarca (max.7200) and angıt (max. 978) are samples of these.
Main Characteristics: salty / light salty lake, steppe
Matched category: A1, A4i, A4iii, B1i, B2. B3
Hirfanlı Dam
City: Kırşehir
Provinces: Evren
Surface Area : 26300
Protection: N/A
Main Characteristics: dam lake
Matched category: A1, A4i, A4iii, B1i
Beynam Forest
City: Ankara
Provinces: Gölbaşı
Surface Area : 2100
Altitude : 1200 - 1521 m
Protection: Yes
Bird Species: It gains important bird areas status with breeding two pairs of şah kartal.
Main Characteristics: forest
Matched category: A1, B2
Kızılırmak Delta
City: Samsun
Provinces: Ondokuzmayıs, Bafra, Alaçam
Surface Area : 16110
Altitude: Sea level
Protection: Yes
Bird Species: It gains important bird areas status with tepeli pelikan (6 pairs), erguvani balıkçıl (500 pairs), kara leylek (50 pairs), kaşıkçı (75 pairs), boz ördek (200 pairs), Macar ördeği (75 pairs), pasbaş patka (150 pairs), turna (50 pairs), kocagöz (50 pairs) and bataklık kırlangıcı (100 pairs) populations. There are large numbers of water birds (max. 91.708), including kaşıkgaga (max.4564), Macar ördeği (max.630), elmabaş patka (max. 14.952), kadife ördek (max. 97), dikkuyruk (max.73) and sakarmeke (max. 27.643) during winter. During immigration important numbers of karabatak (max. 88), küçük ak balıkçıl (max.3200), çeltikçi (max. 590), dikkuyruk (max.1246), küçük martı (max. 41.000) and ak kanatlı sumru (max. 3000) can be observed.
Main Characteristics: sweet water lakes, swamp
Matched category: A1, A4i, A4ii, A4iii, B1i, B1ii, B2
Categories And Criteria
A1 Category : Species, whose generation is world wide under danger Criteria: Area shelters Bird Species, which are regularly considerable numbers of generation under danger.
A2 Category: Narrow spreading area having species Criteria : In the area, it is known or estimated that Bird Species, whose distribution of reproduction populations is composing an Endemic Bird Area - EBA or Secondary Area - SA, and has a narrow spreading area, are present with important ratios.
A3 Category : Species group, whose spreading is limited with biomes Criteria : In the area, it is known or estimated that Bird Species, whose distribution of huge part or whole part of the populations is limited within a biome, are sheltered with important ratios.
A4(i) Category : Groups Criteria : Area, regularly, 1 % of biogeographic population of one or more water bird species, which are present as groups during certain periods, shelters.
A4(ii) Category : Groups Criteria : Area, regularly, 1 % of global population of one or more sea bird or territorial species, which are present as groups during certain periods, shelters.
A4(iii) Category : Groups Criteria : Area, regularly, from one or more species, 20.000 water bird individuals or 10.000 sea bird pairs shelters.
A4(iv) Category : Groups Criteria : Area is functioning as “immigration pass” for immigrant species, which are flying collectively during immigration.
B1(i) Category : Groups Criteria : Area, regularly, shelters the 1 % of an independent population or immigration route of one or more water bird species, which are present as groups during certain periods.
B1(ii) Category : Groups Criteria : Area, regularly, shelters the 1 % of an independent population or immigration route of one or more sea bird species, which are present as groups during certain periods.
B1(iii) Category : Groups Criteria : Area, regularly, shelters the 1 % of an independent population or immigration route of other bird species, which are present as groups during certain periods.
B1(iv) Category : Groups Criteria : Area, during spring and autumn immigrations, functions as an “immigration pass” for storks more than 5000 or birds of prey, pelicans or storks more than 3000.
B2 Category : Negative protection species Criteria : Area is one of the most important “n” areas for a SPEC Category 1, 2, 3 - Protection Condition Negative and important bird areas approach protection complying specie.
B3 Category : Protection condition positive but populations are dense within Europe species Criteria : Area, is one of the most important “n” areas for a SPEC Category 4 - Protection Condition Positive, but dense within Europe and important bird areas approach protection complying specie.
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