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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Common Pochard Aythya ferina | VU | winter | 1988 | 11,100 individuals | B1i, C3 |
Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope | LC | winter | 1988 | 10,000 individuals | B1i, C3 |
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus | LC | passage | 1990 | 500-1,800 individuals | A4i, B1i, C2 |
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo | LC | winter | 1988 | 1,550 individuals | B1i, C3 |
Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus | LC | breeding | 1990 | 39 breeding pairs | B2, C6 |
Haematopus ostralegus | NR | resident | 1990 | 25 breeding pairs | B1i, C3 |
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta | LC | breeding | 1990 | 23 breeding pairs | C6 |
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta | LC | winter | 1988 | 300 individuals | B2, C6 |
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus | LC | resident | 1990 | 200 breeding pairs | B1i, C3 |
Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris | CR | passage | 2000 | present | A1, C1 |
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola | LC | breeding | 1990 | 66-77 breeding pairs | A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6 |
Little Tern Sternula albifrons | LC | breeding | 1990 | 489-500 breeding pairs | A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6 |
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia | LC | resident | 1996 | 10-20 breeding pairs | C2 |
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica | LC | breeding | 1990 | 110 breeding pairs | A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6 |
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus | LC | resident | - | common | C6 |
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni | LC | breeding | 1990 | 12-15 breeding pairs | A1, C1 |
Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla | LC | breeding | 1990 | 1,200-1,250 breeding pairs | B2, C6 |
A4iii Species group - waterbirds | n/a | winter | 1998 | 20,000-49,999 individuals | A4iii, C4 |
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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Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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Zones prostasias tis fysis PF1, PF2, PF3 kai PF4 Ethnikou Parkou limnothalasson Mesolongiou | Periochi prostasias tis fysis se ethniko parko | 35,767 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Zones apolytis prostasias AP1, AP2, AP3 kai AP4 Ethnikou Parkou limnothalasson Mesolongiou | Periochi apolytis prostasias tis fysis se ethniko parko | 306 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
To dasos tou Lesiniou Aitoloakarnanias | Diatiriteo mnimeio tis fysis | 51 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Perifereiakes perioches PP1, PP2, PP3, PP4, PP5, PP6, PP7 kai Perifereiaki zoni Ethnikou Parkou Mesolongiou | Periferiaki zoni Ethnikou Parkou | 25,622 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Oros Varasova | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 1,475 | protected area contained by site | 1,443 |
Oros Arakynthos Kai Stena Kleisouras | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 13,303 | protected area overlaps with site | 6,264 |
Messolonghi lagoons | Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance | 33,687 | protected area overlaps with site | 31,707 |
Mesolongi and Aetoliko lagoons, and Acheloos and | Biogenetic Reserves | 0 | protected area overlaps with site | 43 |
Mesolongi and Aetoliko lagoons | National Park | 59,506 | protected area overlaps with site | 31,194 |
Lesini Ash Forest | Natural Monument | 46 | protected area contained by site | 51 |
Kantilia-Valti (Astakou) | Katafygio Agrias Zois | 2,420 | protected area overlaps with site | 1,084 |
Ethniko Parko limnothalasson Mesolongiou – Aitolikou, kato rou kai ekvolon Acheloou kai Evinou kai nison Echinadon | Ethniko Parko | 36,073 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Delta Acheloou; Limnothalassa Mesolongiou - Aitolikou, Ekvoles Evinou, Nisoi Echinades, Nisos Petalas | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 35,641 | protected area overlaps with site | 31,421 |
Delta Acheloou; Limnothalassa Mesolongiou - Aitolikou Kai Ekvoles Evinou, Nisoi Echinades, Nisos Petalas, Dytikos Arakynthos Kai Stena Kleisouras | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 44,364 | protected area overlaps with site | 40,070 |
Asprolithi Dimou Mesolongiou | Katafygio Agrias Zois | 1,603 | protected area contained by site | 1,603 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Forest | Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Alluvial and very wet forest | - |
Shrubland | Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis | - |
Wetlands (inland) | Rivers and streams | - |
Coastline | Sand dunes & beaches, Salt marshes, Mud flats & sand flats, Lagoons | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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agriculture | - |
fisheries/aquaculture | - |
forestry | - |
tourism/recreation | - |
other | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Mesolongi and Aitoliko lagoons, Acheloos delta and Evinos estuary. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 14/08/2022.