Current view: Data table and detailed info
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).
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
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.