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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
Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus	LC	resident	1989	present	C6
Blue Rock-thrush Monticola solitarius	LC	resident	1989	frequent	B2

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

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Voreio Tmima Chersonisou Rodopou Dimou Kolymvariou	Katafygio Agrias Zois	2,334	protected area contained by site	0
Riaka--Piaki--Ormos Menies/Afraton--Rodopou	Game Refuge	2,300	protected area overlaps with site	2,300
Chersonisos Rodopou – Paralia Maleme -Kolpos Chanion	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	16,047	protected area contains site	7,000
Chersonisos Rodopou	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	2,864	protected area contained by site	2,920

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	-
Grassland	Dry siliceous grassland	-
Coastline	Sea cliffs and rocky shores	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Perennial crops, orchards and groves	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
tourism/recreation	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Rodopos peninsula, Crete. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 08/08/2022.