| Summary: | The habitat of the Great Bustard (Otis tarda, Linnaeus, 1758) in our country, due to the change of agricultural land to
the natural and secondary steppe, nowadays constitutes mostly farmland. In addition to the pest control in the field of
agriculture and indirectly to get more products from agricultural areas, wide variety of pesticides (Herbicides, Rodenticides,
Insecticides, etc.) are used. In this study, it has been aimed to identify what agricultural pesticides are used in the living areas
of the species and based on these findings the possible effects on this species are compared with the previous literature. This
study was carried out in Eskişehir Aliken Important Nature Area and Kütahya Altıntaş Wildlife Development Area between
March 2013 and May 2017. During the field survey in the habitat of great bustard, it was determined that 13 different active
ingredients of herbicide, 3 different active ingredients of insecticide, and 2 different active ingredients of fungicide were used
and these pesticides’ photographs were taken and coordinates were noted. Finally, the written articles on the determined
pesticide active ingredients were scanned and potential impacts on these endangered species are discussed
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