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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	uncommon	A3
Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata	LC	resident	1996	3-4 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	breeding	1996	3-10 breeding pairs	A1, C1
Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator	NT	breeding	1996	common	B2
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	resident	1997	200 breeding pairs	C2
Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus	LC	resident	1996	uncommon	A3
Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris	LC	breeding	1996	uncommon	B2
Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans	LC	breeding	1996	common	A3
Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala	LC	resident	1996	abundant	A3
Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli	LC	breeding	1996	uncommon	A3, B3
Western Rock Nuthatch Sitta neumayer	LC	resident	1996	common	A3
Blue Rock-thrush Monticola solitarius	LC	resident	1996	common	B2
Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica	LC	breeding	1996	abundant	A3
Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia	LC	breeding	1996	uncommon	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)
Oros Taygetos Spilaio Trachilas Spilaio Vatsinidi	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	53,688	protected area contained by site	53,367
Oros Taygetos - Lagkada Trypis	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	48,817	protected area contained by site	48,786
Ntoumpitsia (Exochoriou)	Katafygio Agrias Zois	834	protected area contained by site	0
Lagkada Trypis	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1,693	protected area contained by site	1,589
Lada/Karveliou	Game Refuge	1,300	protected area overlaps with site	1,300
Farangi Nedona (Petalon - Chani)	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1,269	protected area overlaps with site	671
Doubitsa--Kentreas--Vribitsa/Exochoriou	Game Refuge	1,000	protected area overlaps with site	1,000
Anadasoseis (Potamia-Vasilikis-Vasilakiou)	Katafygio Agrias Zois	445	protected area overlaps with site	0
Agios Ioannis - Agios Georios periochi Lada, Karveliou, Artemisias Dimou Kalamatas	Katafygio Agrias Zois	1,265	protected area contained by site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Native coniferous woodland, Treeline ecotone	-
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Scree & boulders, Inland cliffs	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Perennial crops, orchards and groves	-

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

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mount Taygetos. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/1060 on 06/06/2023.