Key Biodiversity Areas

Bulanık and Malazgirt Plains (824)
Turkey, Europe

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesVanellus gregariusSociable LapwingCR2004A1a, A1clink-icon
AvesOtis tardaGreat BustardVU2004A1dlink-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesCircus pygargusMontagu's HarrierLC2004link-icon
AvesPhalacrocorax pygmeusPygmy CormorantNT2004link-icon
AvesGrus grusCommon CraneLC2004link-icon
AvesAnthropoides virgoDemoiselle CraneLC2004link-icon
AvesSterna niloticaLC2004link-icon
AvesGlareola nordmanniBlack-winged PratincoleDD2004link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Bulanık and Malazgirt Plains. 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 28, 2025.