Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as important in 2000 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria .
Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):
Species
Current IUCN Red List Category
Season
Year(s)
Population estimate at site
IBA criteria met
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
LC
breeding
1996
5-15 breeding pairs
B2, C6
The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2000).
Protected area (PA)
PA designation
PA area (ha)
Relationship of PA with IBA
Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Oros Voras
Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)
79,178
protected area overlaps with site
0
Limni Kai Fragma Agra
Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)
1,389
protected area overlaps with site
945
Limni Agra Dimou Edessis
Katafygio Agrias Zois
1,209
protected area overlaps with site
0
Limni Agra
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
1,196
protected area overlaps with site
881
Elos--Limni Agra/Agra--Nisiou-Bryton
Game Refuge
500
protected area overlaps with site
500
Habitat (IUCN level 1)
Habitat detail
Extent (% of site)
Grassland
Steppes and dry calcareous grassland, Humid grasslands
-
Wetlands (inland)
Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation, Fens, transition mires and springs
-
Artificial/Terrestrial
Perennial crops, orchards and groves
-
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click
here .
Land-use
Extent (% of site)
agriculture
-
fisheries/aquaculture
-
water management
-
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lake Agras. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lake-agras-iba-greece on 23/09/2023.