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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 estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
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.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protection status:

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
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)
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 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 (2019) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Tymfi (Gkamila) and Smolikas mountains. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 16/12/2019.