BirdLife Data Zone

GR088

Valtou mountains

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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
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	resident	1996	6-20 breeding pairs	C6
Middle Spotted Woodpecker Leiopicus medius	LC	resident	1996	common	C6
Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator	NT	breeding	1996	abundant	B2
Western Rock Nuthatch Sitta neumayer	LC	resident	1996	abundant	B3

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

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
ORI VALTOU - GR2310012	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	0	protected area overlaps with site	9,396
Mesonyhi - Fountes/Klidi - Skoulikaria	Game Refuge	1,560	protected area overlaps with site	1,560
Koilada Acheloou Kai Ori Valtou	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	47,156	protected area overlaps with site	0
KOILADA ACHELOOU - GR2110005	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	0	protected area overlaps with site	162
Kanala Valtou	Game Refuge	3,600	protected area overlaps with site	3,600
Kanala (Valtou)	Katafygio Agrias Zois	3,578	protected area contained by site	0

Habitats

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland, Broadleaved evergreen woodland, Treeline ecotone	-
Shrubland	Scrub, Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	-
Wetlands (inland)		-
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

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

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Valtou mountains. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 01/04/2023.