Phoenicopteridae

Turkey?s third largest city of ?zmir will host migrating pelicans on a specially constructed island, the second such sanctuary in the region after an island for flamingos was built in 2012. 

Flamingos, which generally take shelter in Lake Tuz and ?zmir?s Çamalt? salt marsh in Turkey, have been coming to the popular Turkish tourism resort town of Ayval?k in the western province of Mu?la since the beginning of spring.

As water evaporated up to 270 meters within 12 days, the number of dead flamingos in Lake Tuz, which is home to the largest flamingo colony in Mediterranean countries, has reached 50.

Nature Association General Director Engin Yılmaz said the number of hatching flamingos was 22,000 in 2013 and dropped to 2,650 in 2014.

Thousands of flamingo chicks hatched in Tuz Lake, which is home to the largest flamingo colony in Mediterranean countries. The chicks have begun to reach the gathering area.

The Nature Association Scientific Director Süreyya İsfendiyaroğlu said the Tuz Lake in the middle of the Anatolian steppe was quite the haven for flamingos.