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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
Rock Partridge Alectoris graeca	NT	resident	1995	abundant	B2
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	resident	1995	common	B2, C6
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush Monticola saxatilis	LC	breeding	1995	common	B2
Blue Rock-thrush Monticola solitarius	LC	resident	1995	common	B2

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

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat level 1	Threat level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Energy production and mining	renewable energy	likely in short term (within 4 years)	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Human intrusions and disturbance	work and other activities	likely in short term (within 4 years)	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other conservation action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management plan exists but the management planning process has begun	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

For more information about IBA conservation status, please click here

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Tsouka Sakka-Asprorema	Katafygio Agrias Zois	1,543	protected area contained by site	0
Tsouka Sakka--Asprorema/Epinianon, Trovatou	Game Refuge	1,420	protected area contained by site	1,420
Periochi Limnis Tavropou	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2,999	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Ori Agrafa	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	39,051	protected area contains site	0
Dimotiko Dasos Agrafon-Kamaria	Katafygio Agrias Zois	1,609	protected area overlaps with site	0
Agrafa	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	9,662	protected area contained by site	9,753
Agios Nikolaos (Monastiraki)	Katafygio Agrias Zois	1,026	protected area overlaps with site	0
Ag. Nikalaou/Monastirakiou	Game Refuge	815	protected area overlaps with site	0

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Native coniferous woodland, Treeline ecotone	-
Grassland	Mesophile grasslands	-
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)
forestry	-
agriculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Agrafa mountains. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/agrafa-mountains-iba-greece on 26/09/2023.