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City: Izmir
Provinces: Karsiyaka, Menemen,
Foça
Surface Area: 20400 ha
Altitude: Sea level
Protection: partially
Main Characteristics:
coastal lagoons, salt pans |
Bird Species:
It gains important bird areas status with;
Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus) (35 pairs),
Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) (1450 pairs),
Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) (25 pairs),
Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) (55 pairs),
Stone Curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus) (30 pairs),
Collered Pratincole (Glareola pratincola) (35 pairs),
Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) (1000 pairs),
Spur-winged Plover (Hoplopterus spinosus) (50 pairs),
Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus) (900 pairs),
Little Tern (Sterna albifrons) (205 pairs),
Caspian Tern (Sterna caspia) (100 pairs) populations.
It shelters huge number of water bird (max. 450), among
which Pygmy Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pygmeus) (max. 1000),
Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus) (max. 450) are present
during winter.
Matched category:
A1, A4i, A4iii, B1i,
B2, B3 |
