Key Biodiversity Areas

Marmara Lake (762)
Turkey, Europe

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesAythya nyrocaFerruginous DuckNT2004link-icon
AvesFulica atraCommon CootLC2004link-icon
AvesRecurvirostra avosettaPied AvocetLC2004link-icon
AvesChlidonias hybridaWhiskered TernLC2004link-icon
AvesIxobrychus minutusLC2004link-icon
AvesPhalacrocorax carboGreat CormorantLC2004link-icon
AvesArdeola ralloidesSquacco HeronLC2004link-icon
ActinopterygiiCyprinus carpioWild Common CarpVU2016link-icon
AvesVanellus spinosusSpur-winged LapwingLC2004link-icon
AvesTadorna ferrugineaRuddy ShelduckLC2004link-icon
AvesAythya ferinaCommon PochardVU2016link-icon
ActinopterygiiLadigesocypris mermereDD2016link-icon
ActinopterygiiKnipowitschia mermereGediz Dwarf GobyVU2016link-icon
AvesMareca penelopeEurasian WigeonLC2004link-icon
AvesPelecanus crispusDalmatian PelicanVU2016link-icon
AvesOxyura leucocephalaWhite-headed DuckEN2016link-icon
AvesPhalacrocorax pygmeusPygmy CormorantNT2004link-icon
AvesArdea purpureaPurple HeronLC2004link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Marmara Lake. Extracted from the World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas. Developed by the Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership: BirdLife International, IUCN, American Bird Conservancy, Amphibian Survival Alliance, Conservation International, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, Global Environment Facility, Re:wild, NatureServe, Rainforest Trust, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, World Wildlife Fund and Wildlife Conservation Society. Downloaded from https://keybiodiversityareas.org/ on Dec 12, 2025.