BirdLife Data Zone

GR182

Mount Kryoneritis, Crete

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2000 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus	NT	resident	1996	1 breeding pairs	B2
Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli	LC	breeding	1996	frequent	B3, C6

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2000).

IBA Protection

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Prostateftiko dasos periochis koryfon Asfendou - Kallikrati nomou Chanion	Prostatevomeno dasos	1,538	protected area overlaps with site	0
Perisynaki - Agriokefala - Manika Dimou Sfakion	Katafygio Agrias Zois	2,790	protected area contained by site	0
Lefka Ori Kai Paraktia Zoni	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	55,847	protected area overlaps with site	0
Kourtaliotiko Farangi; Farangi Preveli	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	7,484	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Kouroupa Dimon Foinika kai Lampis	Katafygio Agrias Zois	1,636	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Farangi Kallikratis - Argouliano Farangi - Oropedio Manika	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	4,148	protected area contained by site	4,233
Asfendou - Kallikratis Kai Paraktia Zoni	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	13,994	protected area overlaps with site	10,039

Habitats

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Scree & boulders, Inland cliffs	-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land use

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mount Kryoneritis, Crete. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mount-kryoneritis-crete-iba-greece on 25/09/2023.