The site was identified as important in 2000 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.
Species |
Current IUCN Red List Category |
Season |
Year(s) |
Population estimate at site |
IBA criteria met |
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 |
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) |
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
|
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) |
6,070 |
protected area contained by site |
6,077 |
Ori Varnounta
|
Special Protection Area (Birds 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 |
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