BirdLife Data Zone

GR169

Symi island and surrounding islets

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IBA Criteria

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
Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii	VU	breeding	1997-2012	32-73 breeding pairs	A1, B2, C1, C6
Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae	LC	breeding	2005	-	B2

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)
Nisides Chondros, Marmaras, Gialesinos kai Kouloundros tis Symis.... klp.	Katafygio Agrias Zois	1,502	protected area overlaps with site	0
Erimonisia Seskli-Nimos (Symis)	Katafygio Agrias Zois	649	protected area contained by site	0
Anatoliko Tmima Nisou Symis Kai Nisides Kouloundros Seskli; Troumpeto, Marmaras, Karavalonisi, Megalonisi, Gialesino, Oxeia, Chondros, Platy, Nimos Kai Thalassia Periochi Nisou Symis	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	9,875	protected area contained by site	2,303

Habitats

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Native coniferous woodland	-
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	-
Sea	Open 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	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
military	-
tourism/recreation	-
not utilised	-

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Symi island and surrounding islets. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 17/08/2022.