Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2000
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population estimate | IBA Criteria Triggered |
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Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes | LC | breeding | 1996 | 5-10 breeding pairs | B2 |
Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina | LC | breeding | 1996 | 4-8 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.
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Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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Petritsio Dimou Petritsiou | Katafygio Agrias Zois | 3,895 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Oros Beles | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 25,189 | protected area overlaps with site | 25,311 |
Limni Kerkini, Irakleias, Petritsiou Sidirokastrou | Katafygio Agrias Zois | 19,637 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Limni Kerkini - Krousia - Koryfes Orous Beles; Angistro - Charopo | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 77,958 | protected area contains site | 32,078 |
Ethniko Parko Limnis Kerkinis - Perioches Prostasias tis Fysis P1, P2, P3, P4 Ethnikou Parkou Limnis kerkinis | Periochi prostasias tis fysis se ethniko parko | 8,628 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Ethniko Parko Limnis Kerkinis - Perioches Oikoanaptyxis OA1, OA2, OB1, OB2, OB3 Ethnikou Parkou Limnis Kerkinis | Alla | 72,110 | protected area contains site | 0 |
Ethniko Parko Limnis Kerkinis | Ethniko Parko | 82,415 | protected area contains site | 0 |
Artificial lake Kerkini | Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance | 10,996 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Forest | Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland | - |
Grassland | Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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agriculture | - |
forestry | - |
military | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Mount Beles (Kerkini). Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 02/07/2022.