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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
Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan	VU	breeding	1996	100-1,000 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1ii, B3, C2
Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata	LC	resident	1996	2-4 breeding pairs	B2
Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus	LC	resident	1996	2-7 breeding pairs	B2
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	resident	1996	3-7 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia	LC	breeding	1997	frequent	B3, 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)
Rachidia--Trypales/ Folegandros	Game Refuge	400	protected area contained by site	400
Rachidia Trypoules (Folegandrou)	Katafygio Agrias Zois	406	protected area contained by site	0
Folegandros Anatoliki Mechri Dytiki Sikino Kai Thalassia Zoni	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	7,047	protected area overlaps with site	0
Folegandros Anatoliki Mechri Dytiki Sikino Kai Thalassia Zoni	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	7,047	protected area overlaps with site	4,429
Anemomyloi-Psathi-Kalamos-Profitis Ilias (Iou)	Katafygio Agrias Zois	3,659	protected area contained by site	0
Anemomyloi--Psathokalamos-Pr. Ilias Iou	Game Refuge	3,700	protected area contained by site	3,700

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
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, Other urban and industrial areas	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Scree & boulders, Inland cliffs	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
urban/industrial/transport	-
tourism/recreation	-
not utilised	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Ios, Sikinos and Folegandros islands. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 14/08/2022.