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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
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	resident	1996	6 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia	LC	resident	1997	common	B3, C6

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)
Zakros Dimou Itanou	Katafygio Agrias Zois	313	protected area contained by site	0
Zakros (Itanou)	Katafygio Agrias Zois	333	protected area contained by site	0
Ori Zakrou	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	3,879	protected area contained by site	3,914

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inland cliffs	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Mount Zakrou, Crete. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 23/03/2023.