GR145
Mount Kerkis, Samos


IBA Justification

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
Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli LC breeding 1995 20-40 breeding pairs B3, C6

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2000).


IBA Protection

Protected area (PA) PA designation PA area (ha) Relationship of PA with IBA Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Samos: Oros Kerkis Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) 9,118 protected area contains site 0
Samos: Oros Kerketefs - Mikro Kai Megalo Seitani - Dasos Kastanias Kai Lekkas; Akr. Katavasis - Limenas Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 6,721 protected area overlaps with site 5,564
Oros Kerkis stin Samo Periochi prostasias tis fysis 4,071 protected area overlaps with site 0
Mikro kai Megalo Seitani Samou (Periochi A2) Periochi apolytis prostasias tis fysis 670 protected area contained by site 0
Mikro kai Megalo Seitani Samou (Periochi A1-pyrinas) Periochi apolytis prostasias tis fysis 253 protected area contained by site 0

Habitats

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 -
Artificial/Terrestrial Arable land -
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) Scree & boulders, Inland cliffs -
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land use

Land-use Extent (% of site)
agriculture -
forestry -
not utilised -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mount Kerkis, Samos. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mount-kerkis-samos-iba-greece on 04/12/2023.