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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Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus | LC | passage | 1996 | 1,600-1,800 individuals | A4i, B1i, C2 |
Great White Egret Ardea alba | LC | winter | 1996 | 280-360 individuals | A4i, B1i, C2 |
Little Egret Egretta garzetta | LC | passage | 1995 | 1,500-2,000 individuals | A4i, B1i, C2 |
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo | LC | winter | 1996 | 1,000 individuals | B1i, C3 |
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola | LC | passage | 1996 | 7,000-11,000 individuals | A4i, B1i, C2 |
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis | LC | passage | 1996 | 300-500 individuals | A4i, B1i, C3 |
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola | LC | passage | 1996 | 117 individuals | B1i, C2 |
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica | LC | passage | 1996 | 210-220 individuals | B1i, C2 |
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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Vatatsa - Divari - Ormos Valtou - Drepano Dimou Igoumenitsas | Katafygio Agrias Zois | 960 | protected area contains site | 600 |
Thalassia Periochi Notias Messinias | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 122,930 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Limnothalassa Pylou (Divari) Kai Nisos Sfaktiria; Agios Dimitrios | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 3,464 | protected area contains site | 1,007 |
Limnothalassa Gialovas Kai Nisos Sfaktiria | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 960 | protected area contained by site | 1,007 |
Limni Ntivari-Valtos (Pylou-Romanou) | Katafygio Agrias Zois | 704 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Shrubland | Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis | - |
Wetlands (inland) | Standing freshwater, Standing brackish and salt water, Fens, transition mires and springs | - |
Coastline | Sand dunes & beaches, Salt marshes, Mud flats & sand flats, Lagoons, Sea cliffs and rocky shores | - |
Artificial/Terrestrial | Arable land, Forestry plantations | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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agriculture | - |
fisheries/aquaculture | - |
tourism/recreation | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Divari Pylou (Gialova) lagoon and Sfaktiria island. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 28/06/2022.