Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2000
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population at site | IBA criteria triggered |
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Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula | LC | winter | 1994 | 150-8,850 individuals | B1i, C3 |
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides | LC | breeding | 1996 | 10-20 breeding pairs | C2, C6 |
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus | NT | breeding | 1996 | 500 breeding pairs | A1, A4i, B1i, B2, C1, C2, C6 |
Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus | LC | breeding | 1996 | 100 breeding pairs | B2, C6 |
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus | LC | resident | 1996 | 314-400 breeding pairs | A1, A4i, B1i, B2, C1, C2, C6 |
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo | LC | breeding | 1996 | 733 breeding pairs | B1i, C3 |
Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.
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Protected area (PA) | PA designation | PA area (ha) | Relationship of PA with IBA | Overlap of PA with IBA (ha) |
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Sfikas Dimou Prespon | Katafygio Agrias Zois | 6,903 | protected area overlaps with site | 2,277 |
Prespes national park (Juniperus forest) | Biogenetic Reserves | 12 | protected area contained by site | 13 |
Prespes | Ethnikos Drymos (pirinas) | 5,102 | protected area contained by site | 5,102 |
Prespes | Ethnikos Drymos (perifereiaki zoni) | 21,061 | protected area contained by site | 13,293 |
Ori Varnounta – Evryteri Periochi | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 1,496 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Ori Varnounta | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 6,070 | protected area contained by site | 6,077 |
Ori Varnounta | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 6,070 | protected area contained by site | 6,077 |
Lake Mikri Prespa | Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance | 5,078 | protected area contained by site | 5,225 |
Ethnikos Drymos Prespon – Evryteri Periochi | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 7,640 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Ethnikos Drymos Prespon | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 26,636 | protected area contained by site | 26,613 |
Ethnikos Drymos Prespon | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 26,636 | protected area contained by site | 26,613 |
Ethniko Parko Limnon Mikris kai Megalis Prespas - Zones Prostasias tis Fysis B2, B4, B6 | Periochi prostasias tis fysis se ethniko parko | 24,272 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Ethniko Parko Limnon Mikris kai Megalis Prespas - Zones Prostasias tis Fysis B1, B3, B5, B7 | Periochi prostasias tis fysis se ethniko parko | 4,428 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Ethniko Parko Limnon Mikris kai Megalis Prespas - Zones Oikoanaptyxis OIK1, OIK2, OIK3, OIK4, OIK5, OIK6 | Alla | 3,349 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Ethniko Parko Limnon Mikris kai Megalis Prespas - Zones Apolytis Prostasias tis Fysis A1, A2, A3 | Periochi apolytis prostasias tis fysis se ethniko parko | 276 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Ethniko Parko Limnon Mikris kai Megalis Prespas - Prostatevomenoi Fysikoi Schimatismoi kai Stoicheia tou Topiou S5, S6 | Alla | 78 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Ethniko Parko limnon Mikris kai Megalis Prespas | Ethniko Parko | 32,403 | is identical to site | 0 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Forest | Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland, Mixed woodland, Treeline ecotone | - |
Grassland | Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland, Humid grasslands | - |
Wetlands (inland) | Standing freshwater, Shingle or stony beaches, Water fringe vegetation | - |
Artificial/Terrestrial | Arable land | - |
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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agriculture | - |
fisheries/aquaculture | - |
forestry | - |
nature conservation and research | - |
water management | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Prespa National Park and Varnountas mountains. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/1015 on 29/05/2023.