BirdLife Data Zone

GR168

Tilos island and surrounding islets

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IBA Criteria

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
Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii	LC	resident	1997	18-25 breeding pairs	A1, C1
Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae	LC	breeding	1996	50 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1iii, B2, 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.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

IBA Protection

Protection status:

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Nisos Tilos Kai Nisides: Antitilos; Pelekousa, Gaidouronisi, Giakoumis, Agios Andreas, Prasouda , Nisi Kai Thalassia Periochi	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	17,773	is identical to site	5,668
Nisos Tilos	Katafygio Agrias Zois	3,486	protected area contained by site	0
Nisides Armathia kai Makronisi tis Kasou, Antitilos kai Gaidaros tis Tilou….klp	Katafygio Agrias Zois	1,149	protected area overlaps with site	0

Habitats

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	-
Sea	Sea inlets and coastal features	-
Coastline	Sea cliffs and rocky shores, Rock stacks and islets	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Other urban and industrial areas, Ruderal land	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Scree & boulders	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land use

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
tourism/recreation	-
urban/industrial/transport	-
not utilised	-

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2020) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Tilos island and surrounding islets. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 26/11/2020.