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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
Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus	NT	resident	1995	1-2 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	resident	1996	10-50 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus	LC	resident	1996	200-600 breeding pairs	A3
Sombre Tit Poecile lugubris	LC	resident	1996	common	B3
Western Rock Nuthatch Sitta neumayer	LC	resident	1996	abundant	B3
Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria	LC	resident	1987	common	A3
Blue Rock-thrush Monticola solitarius	LC	resident	1993	common	B2
Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris	LC	resident	1996	50-200 breeding pairs	A3
White-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla nivalis	LC	resident	1987	rare	A3

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)
Rikas-Gourlomyta-Gkiona (Prosiliou)	Katafygio Agrias Zois	3,022	protected area contained by site	0
Rekas/ Prosiliou	Game Refuge	3,300	protected area overlaps with site	3,300
Oros Gkiona	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	22,663	protected area overlaps with site	15,433
Orini Parnassidas	Controlled Hunting Area	24,034	protected area overlaps with site	0
Leukaditiou/Sykeas	Game Refuge	2,894	protected area overlaps with site	2,894
Lefkaditiou (Sykeas)	Katafygio Agrias Zois	2,926	protected area contained by site	0
Koryfes Orous Gkiona; Charadra Reka, Lazorema Kai Vathia Lakka	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	10,562	protected area contained by site	10,399
Dasiko symplegma NA Gkionas (Vounichoras-Amfissas-Agias Efthymias)	Katafygio Agrias Zois	2,405	protected area is adjacent to site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Native coniferous woodland, Treeline ecotone	-
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	-
Grassland	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland, Mesophile grasslands	-
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	-
forestry	-
hunting	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Mount Gkiona. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 19/08/2022.