BirdLife Data Zone

GR022

Mount Beles (Kerkini)

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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
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.

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)
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

Habitats

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland	-
Grassland	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land use

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
forestry	-
military	-

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Mount Beles (Kerkini). Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 02/07/2022.