Akarçay Closed Basin

Karamık Reed Bed

City: Afyon

Provinces: Çay

Surface Area : 4500

Altitude : 1002 m

Protection: Yes

Bird Species: Breeding populations of little bittern küçük balaban (25 pairs) and ferruginous duck pasbaş patka (10 pairs).

Main Characteristics: sweet water swamp

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Akşehir and Lake Eber

City: Konya, Afyon

Provinces: Bolvadin, Çay, Sultandağı, Akşehir, Tuzlukçu

Surface Area : 53600

Altitude: Lake Akşehir 966 m, Lake Eber 967 m

Protection: Yes

Bird Species: Important breeding area for pygmy cormorant küçük karabatak (50 pairs) and dalmatian pelikan tepeli pelikan (a few pairs). Herons breed in reed islands in Lake Akşehir in mixed colonies, including squacco heron alaca balıkçıl (70 pairs), purple heron erguvani balıkçıl (50 pairs), glossy ibis çeltikçi (50 pairs) and spoonbill kaşıkçı (15 pairs). Ferruginous duck Pasbaş patka (10 pairs) and gull-billed tern gülen sumru (20 pairs) breed on sand islands between reeds, and greater sand plover büyük cılıbıt breed around the lake. You can see numerous white-fronted goose sakarca (max. 15.900) during winter. The area provides important shelter during migration for pelican pelikan (max. 2000) and glossy ibis çeltikçi (max. 1536).

Main Characteristics: sweet water lakes, swamp

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