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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2000

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population at site	IBA criteria triggered
Rock Partridge Alectoris graeca	NT	resident	1996	frequent	B2
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding	1997	5 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus	LC	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
White-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla nivalis	LC	resident	-	present	A3

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Zones Ia, Ib kai Ic Ethnikou Parkou Pindou	Periochi prostasias tis fysis se ethniko parko	13,865	protected area overlaps with site	0
Vikos-Aoos	Ethnikos Drymos (perifereiaki zoni)	9,595	protected area contained by site	0
Vikos-Aoos	Ethnikos Drymos (pirinas)	3,238	protected area contained by site	12,600
Vasilitsa	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	8,043	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Valia Kyrna (Samarinas)	Katafygio Agrias Zois	1,710	protected area contained by site	0
Perifereiakes zones P1, P2, P3 kai P4 Ethnikou Parkou Pindou	Periferiaki zoni Ethnikou Parkou	48,387	protected area overlaps with site	0
Parletzi--Avalos/Vrisochoriou--Hliochoriou	Game Refuge	3,900	protected area contained by site	3,900
Papigko	Katafygio Agrias Zois	1,059	protected area contained by site	0
Padon	Game Refuge	2,080	protected area contained by site	2,080
Pades	Katafygio Agrias Zois	2,076	protected area contained by site	0
Oros Tymfi (Gkamila)	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	27,764	protected area contained by site	27,416
Koryfes Orous Smolikas	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	19,706	protected area contained by site	19,976
Koryfes Orous Smolikas	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	19,706	protected area contained by site	0
Kentriko Zagori Kai Anatoliko Tmima Orous Mitsikeli	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	53,409	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Kentriko Tmima Zagoriou	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	32,942	protected area overlaps with site	2,545
Kedros-Papigou	Game Refuge	1,017	protected area overlaps with site	1,017
Iliochoriou - Vrysochoriou Dimou Tymfis	Katafygio Agrias Zois	4,479	protected area contained by site	0
Ethnikos Drymos Vikou - Aoou	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	12,965	protected area contained by site	12,794
Ethniko Parko Pindou	Ethniko Parko	146,259	protected area overlaps with site	0
Charadras Aoou/Konitsas--Eleftherou-Papigou	Game Refuge	3,600	protected area contained by site	3,600
Charadra Aoou (Konitsas-Eleftherou-Papigkou)	Katafygio Agrias Zois	3,523	protected area contained by site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
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	-

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
forestry	-
tourism/recreation	-
water management	-
agriculture	-

For further information about the land-use classification, please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tymfi (Gkamila) and Smolikas mountains. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/1025 on 10/06/2023.