Eurasian spoonbill
More than 270 species of birds have been recorded at the lake. Important bird species include white-headed duck ("Oxyura leucocephala"), Eurasian spoonbill ("Platalea leucorodia"), greater flamingo ("Phoenicopterus roseus"), plus breeding populations of the vulnerable Dalmatian pelican ("Pelecanus crispus"). Migrating great white pelicans ("Pelecanus onocrotalus") often roost at the lake. The Manyas spirlin is a species of cyprinid fish which is endemic to this lake's drainage basin.