bird areas in turkey
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... island, is one of the 100 important bird areas in Turkey. The lake is famous for its red spotted trout that are breeding naturally in the region. However, in winter, serving this naturally bred trout as ...
Izmir Bird Paradise
Izmir Bird Paradise is the result of the Gediz River depositing its silt where it meets the Aegean over thousands of years.Incredible numbers of birds, fish and other species depend on this paradise to ...
Manyas National Bird Park
Manyas Kuscenneti National Park occupies a special place among Turkey's national parks, since the only reason for its classification as a national park are its bird colonies. Also it is the smallest ...
Yuksekova
City: Hakkari Provinces: Yüksekova Surface Area : 24.900 Altitude : 1925 m Protection: N/A Bird Species: It gains important bird areas status with çayir delicesi (15 pairs) population. ...
Van Basin
Nemrut Lake City: Bitlis Provinces: Tatvan, Güroymak Surface Area : 4500 Altitude : 2247 m Protection: N/A Bird Species: It gains important bird areas status with kadife ördek ...
Aras Basin
Ardahan Forest City: Ardahan Provinces: Ardahan Merkez Surface Area : 2500 Altitude : 1930 - 2291 m Protection: N/A Main Characteristics: forest, swamp Aktas Lake City: Ardahan ...
Firat Basin
Erzurum Plains City: Erzurum Provinces: Yakutiye Surface Area : 3300 Altitude : 1750 m Protection: N/A Bird Species: It gains important bird areas status due to turna (15 pairs) population ...
Asi Basin
Nur Mountains City: Hatay, Osmaniye Provinces: Dört yol, Hassa, Iskenderun, Kirikhan, Belen, Osmaniye Merkez Surface Area: 21,5 Altitude : 1000 - 2262 m Protection: partially Main Characteristics: ...
Seyhan and Ceyhan Basins
Aladaglar City: Adana, Nigde, Kayseri Provinces: Aladag Çamardi, Yahyali Surface Area : 54514 Altitude : 1250 - 3756 m Protection: Yes Bird Species: It gains important bird areas status ...
Goksu Delta
City: Icel Provinces: Silifke Surface Area : 14 - 480 Altitude: Sea level Protection: Yes Bird Species: It gains important bird areas status with world wide generations under danger species, ...
Konya Closed Basin
Samsam Lake City: Konya Provinces: Kulu Surface Area: 830 Altitude: 980 m Protection: Yes Bird Species: It gains important bird areas status with kiliçgaga (max. 616). Main ...
Eastern Black Sea Mountains
Akkus Island City: Ordu Provinces: Persembe Surface Area: 2 Altitude: 0 - 20 m Protection: N/A Bird Species: It gains important bird areas status with tepeli karabatak (90 pairs) population. ...
Yesilirmak Basin
Yedikir Dam City: Amasya Provinces: Suluova Surface Area: 593 Altitude: 517 m Protection: Yes Bird Species: It gains important bird areas status with angit (max. 1099). Main Characteristics: ...
Kizilirmak Delta
City: Samsun Provinces: Ondokuzmayis, Bafra, Alacam Surface Area : 16110 Altitude: Sea level Protection: Yes Bird Species: It gains important bird areas status with tepeli pelikan (6 pairs), ...
Sultansazligi
City: Kayseri Provinces: Develi, Yesilhisar, Incesu Surface Area : 39000 Altitude : 1074 m Protection: Yes Bird Species: Küçük karabatak (200 pairs), alaca balikçil ...
Sarikum Desert
City: Sinop Provinces: Sinop Merkez Surface Area: 785 Altitude: Sea level Protection: Yes Bird Species: It gains important bird areas status due to huge numbers of water birds (max. 20.226), ...
Ilgaz Mountains
City: Cankiri, Kastamonu Provinces: Ilgaz, Tosya, Ihsangazi Surface Area : 35000 Altitude : 2000 - 2587 m Protection: partially Bird Species: It gains important bird areas status with Sakalli ...
Sapanca Lake
City: Sakarya, Kocaeli Provinces: Sapanca, Adapazari, Izmit Surface Area : 4700 Altitude: 31 m Protection: Yes Bird Species: Water-birds (max.48.267), including red-crested pochard Macar örde?i ...
Hamam Mountain
City: Eskisehir Provinces: Mihaliççik Surface Area : 14000 Altitude : 900 - 1574 m Protection: N/A Bird Species: Important for black vulture kara akbaba (5 pairs) and booted eagle ...
Uyuz Lake
City: Konya Surface Area: 15 Altitude : 1185 m Protection: Yes Bird Species: ruddy duck dikkuyruk (10 pairs) population. Main Characteristics: sweet water lake