Key Biodiversity Areas

Manyas Lake (Kuş Lake) (783)
Turkey, Europe

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesArdeola ralloidesSquacco HeronLC2004link-icon
ActinopterygiiCobitis ponticaLC2016link-icon
AvesPhalacrocorax pygmeusPygmy CormorantNT2004link-icon
AvesNycticorax nycticoraxBlack-crowned Night-heronLC2004link-icon
AvesPlatalea leucorodiaEurasian SpoonbillLC2004link-icon
AvesPelecanus crispusDalmatian PelicanVU2016link-icon
AvesPhalacrocorax carboGreat CormorantLC2004link-icon
AvesPelecanus onocrotalusGreat White PelicanLC2016link-icon
ActinopterygiiCobitis puncticulataBrown Spined LoachEN2016link-icon
AvesOxyura leucocephalaWhite-headed DuckEN2016link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Manyas Lake (Kuş 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.