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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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.
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Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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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) |
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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 | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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agriculture | - |
forestry | - |
hunting | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Mount Gkiona. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 19/08/2022.