Büyük Menderes Basin

Akdağ

City: Denizli, Afyon

Provinces: Çivril, Kızılören, Sandıklı

Surface Area : 42394

Altitude : 900 - 2446 m

Protection: Yes

Bird Species: Birds of prey, such as black vulture - kara akbaba (3 pairs), griffon vulture - kızıl akbaba (3 pairs), lammergeier sakallı akbaba (1 pairs) and booted eagle küçük kartal (4 pairs).

Main Characteristics: mountain, forest

Işıklı Lake

City: Denizli

Provinces: Çivril

Surface Area : 7300

Altitude: 821m

Protection: N/A

Bird Species: Populations of squacco heron - alaca balıkçıl (30 pairs), whiskered tern bıyıklı sumru (110 pairs) and gull-billed tern gülen sumru. The lake is very important for wintering water birds (max.211.482); pygmy cormorant küçük karabatak (max.141), white-fronted goose - sakarca (max. 8178), red-crested pochard - Macar ördeği (max.1060), pochard - elmabaş patka (max.18.370), ferruginous duck - pasbaş patka (max. 97) and coot - sakarmeke (max.190.690) can be seen.

Main Characteristics: sweet water lake, swamp

Bafa Lake

City: Aydın, Muğla

Provinces: Yenihisar, Söke, Milas

Surface Area : 12281

Altitude: 5 m

Protection: Yes

Bird Species: The important breeding species are Dalmatian pelican -Tepeli pelikan (42 pairs), collared pratincole -bataklık kırlangıcı (85 pairs), Kentish plover - akça cılıbıt (150 pairs), Mediterranean gull Akdeniz martısı (800 pairs), Caspian tern Hazar sumrusu (6 pairs) and little tern küçük sumru (300 pairs).

During winter, important numbers of water birds can be seen (max. 29.982), including cormorant - karabatak (max. 3005), pygmy cormorant - küçük karabatak (max. 350), Dalmatian pelican tepeli pelikan (max. 434), great white egret - büyük ak balıkçıl (max. 312), flamingo (max. 8650), wigeon -fiyu (max. 5623), avocet, kılıçgaga (max.1000) and slender-billed gull ince gagalı martı (max. 1284).

Main Characteristics: coastal lagoons, salty swamp