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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2012

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus	LC	breeding	2012	10-15 breeding pairs	C6
Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea	LC	breeding	2007-2012	100-160 breeding pairs	B2
Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan	VU	breeding	2007-2012	20-50 breeding pairs	A1, B3, C1
European Shag Gulosus aristotelis	LC	breeding	2005-2012	31-42 breeding pairs	C6
Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii	VU	breeding	1996-2012	14-22 breeding pairs	A1, C1
Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis	LC	resident	1996	2,000-3,000 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, C3
Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae	LC	unknown	2005	1 individuals	B2
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	resident	1996	4-5 breeding pairs	B2, 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.

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

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Stroudoular--Ag. Pantes/Lefkon--Kostou	Game Refuge	600	protected area overlaps with site	0
Nisoi Despotiko Kai Strongylo Kai Thalassia Zoni	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1,858	protected area contained by site	932
Nisides Parou Kai Notia Antiparos Kai Thalassia Periochi	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	25,699	protected area contained by site	1,670
Agioi Pantes - Stroumpoula Nisou Parou	Katafygio Agrias Zois	317	protected area overlaps with site	0

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

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
tourism/recreation	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Paros and Antiparos islands and surrounding islets. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 25/06/2022.