Abstract :
In this study on the avifauna of Ihlara Valley performed between 2010-2011, I observed a total of 171 bird species including 60 residentials, 77 summer migrants and 34 winter migrants. According to International Union for Conservation of Nature, three species are listed as vulnerable, four as endangered, and eight as near threatened. Also according to European bird conservation categories, 10 of them are in SPEC I, 18 in II, 55 in III, 82 in IV, 6 in V. In addition, 15 species are listed in A.1.2, 41 in A.2, 20 in A.3.1, 52 in A.3, 14 in A.4, 19 in A.5, 2 in B.1.2, 2 in B.2, 1 in B.3, 3 in B.4, and 1 species in B.5 according to local protection categories. There were no direct negative effects on bird species in the area, but some factors such as chemical material use, habitat degradation, and water regime changes indirectly affect the species.
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Ihlara Valley , Birds , Avifuana , Aksaray.
