BirdLife Data Zone

GR183

Mount Kedros and Kourtaliotiko gorge, Crete

Current view: Data table and detailed info

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
Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus	NT	resident	1996	frequent	B2

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)
Soros - Agkathi - Kedros	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	8,109	protected area overlaps with site	6,473
Preveli Dimon Foinika kai Lampis	Katafygio Agrias Zois	369	protected area contained by site	0
Prassano Farangi - Patsos - Sfakoryako Rema - Paralia Rethymnou Kai Ekvoli Geropotamou; Akr. Lianos Kavos - Perivolia	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	13,130	protected area overlaps with site	0
Oros Kedros	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	4,842	protected area contained by site	4,438
Kourtaliotiko Farangi; Farangi Preveli	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	7,484	protected area overlaps with site	5,287
Kourtaliotiko Farangi - Moni Preveli - Evryteri Periochi	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	3,734	protected area overlaps with site	2,635
Kouroupa Dimon Foinika kai Lampis	Katafygio Agrias Zois	1,636	protected area overlaps with site	0

Habitats

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Shrubland	Scrub, Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Scree & boulders, Inland cliffs	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land use

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
not utilised	-

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Mount Kedros and Kourtaliotiko gorge, Crete. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 27/03/2023.