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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
Chukar Alectoris chukar	LC	resident	1996	abundant	B2
Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus	NT	resident	1996	2 breeding pairs	B2
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	resident	1996	4 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	resident	1996	frequent	C6
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	resident	1996	common	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

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Thalassia periochi Dytikis kai notiodytikis Kritis	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	163,686	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Stylou - Katochoriou	Game Refuge	1,050	unknown	0
Samaria	Biogenetic Reserves	4,850	protected area contained by site	4,850
Samaria	Ethnikos Drymos (pirinas)	4,752	protected area contained by site	4,850
Prostateftiko dasos oreinou ogkou Lefkon Oreon nomou Chanion	Prostatevomeno dasos	38,835	protected area contained by site	0
Ormos Sougias - Vardia - Farangi Lissou Mechri Anydrous Kai Paraktia Zoni	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	3,060	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Lefka Ori Kai Paraktia Zoni	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	55,847	protected area overlaps with site	53,364
Lefka Ori Anatolikou Selinou kai Sfakion	Katafygio Agrias Zois	7,585	protected area overlaps with site	0
Gorge of Samaria National Park	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	4,850	protected area contained by site	4,840
Fre - Tzitzifes - Nipos	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1,193	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Ethnikos Drymos Samarias - Farangi Trypitis - Psilafi - Koustogerako	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	13,974	protected area contained by site	13,980

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Native coniferous woodland	-
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	-
Grassland	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland	-
Coastline	Sea cliffs and rocky shores	-
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	-
tourism/recreation	-
water management	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Lefka Ori mountains, Crete. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 05/07/2022.