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The site was identified as important in 2000 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
Rock Partridge Alectoris graeca	NT	resident	1996	common	B2
Eurasian Green Woodpecker Picus viridis	LC	resident	1996	abundant	B2
Sombre Tit Poecile lugubris	LC	resident	1988	common	B3
Blue Rock-thrush Monticola solitarius	LC	resident	1985	common	B2
Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana	LC	breeding	1996	abundant	B2, C6

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)
Skasmeni Frantzi-Dyo Vounon	Katafygio Agrias Zois	853	protected area contained by site	0
Oitis--Paulianis	Game Refuge	2,950	protected area overlaps with site	0
Oiti-Pavliani	Katafygio Agrias Zois	2,151	protected area overlaps with site	0
Oiti	Biogenetic Reserves	3,010	protected area contained by site	3,010
Oiti	Ethnikos Drymos (pirinas)	3,468	protected area contained by site	0
Oiti	Ethnikos Drymos (perifereiaki zoni)	3,685	protected area contained by site	0
Mount Oiti	National Park	7,210	protected area contained by site	7,210
Koilada Kai Ekvoles Spercheiou – Maliakos Kolpos – Mesochori Spercheiou	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	46,327	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Iera Moni Agathonos Ypatis Lamias	Ektrofeio thiramaton	114	protected area overlaps with site	0
Frantzi--Dio Vounon	Game Refuge	960	protected area overlaps with site	960
Farangi Gorgopotamou	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	529	protected area overlaps with site	424
Ethnikos Drymos Oitis - Koilada Asopou	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	13,211	protected area overlaps with site	10,587
Ethnikos Drymos Oitis	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	7,118	protected area contained by site	6,981

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Native coniferous woodland	-
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	-
Grassland	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland, Mesophile grasslands	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inland cliffs	-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
forestry	-
agriculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mount Oiti. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mount-oiti-iba-greece on 01/10/2023.