Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2000
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population estimate | IBA Criteria Triggered |
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Rock Partridge Alectoris graeca | NT | resident | 1996 | frequent | B2 |
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus | EN | breeding | 1997 | 5 breeding pairs | B2, C6 |
Circaetus gallicus | NR | breeding | - | 4-10 breeding pairs | C6 |
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos | LC | resident | - | 2-3 breeding pairs | C6 |
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax | LC | resident | 1997 | uncommon | B2, C6 |
Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus | LC | resident | 1997 | 700 breeding pairs | A3 |
Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria | LC | resident | - | present | A3 |
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush Monticola saxatilis | LC | breeding | 1997 | frequent | B2 |
Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris | LC | resident | - | present | A3 |
Montifringilla nivalis | NR | resident | - | present | A3 |
Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.
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Protection status:
Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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Vikos-Aoos | Core Zone in National (Woodland) Park | 3,238 | protected area contained by site | 12,600 |
Vasilitsa | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 8,013 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Parletzi--Avalos/Vrisochoriou--Hliochoriou | Game Refuge | 3,900 | protected area contained by site | 3,900 |
Padon | Game Refuge | 2,080 | protected area contained by site | 2,080 |
Oros Tymfi (Gkamila) | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 19,854 | protected area contained by site | 27,416 |
Koryfes Orous Smolikas | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 1,808 | protected area contained by site | 19,976 |
Kentriko Tmima Zagoriou | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 33,115 | protected area overlaps with site | 2,545 |
Kedros-Papigou | Game Refuge | 1,017 | protected area overlaps with site | 1,017 |
Ethnikos Drymos Vikou - Aoou | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 12,794 | protected area contained by site | 12,794 |
Charadras Aoou/Konitsas--Eleftherou-Papigou | Game Refuge | 3,600 | protected area contained by site | 3,600 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Forest | Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland, Mixed woodland | - |
Shrubland | Scrub | - |
Grassland | Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland, Mesophile grasslands | - |
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) | Scree & boulders, Inland cliffs | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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forestry | - |
tourism/recreation | - |
water management | - |
agriculture | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2019) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Tymfi (Gkamila) and Smolikas mountains. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 16/12/2019.