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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
Little Owl Athene noctua	LC	resident	1996	common	B2
Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata	LC	resident	1996	2-3 breeding pairs	B2
Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus	LC	resident	1997	5-6 breeding pairs	B2
Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia	LC	breeding	1995	common	B3, 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)
Za/Koronou Naxou	Game Refuge	480	protected area contained by site	480
Za (Koronou Naxou)	Katafygio Agrias Zois	111	protected area contained by site	0
Troulos/Filotiou Naxou	Game Refuge	1,200	unknown	0
Troulos (Filotiou Naxou)	Katafygio Agrias Zois	1,163	protected area contained by site	0
Profitis Ilias (Damarionou Naxou)	Katafygio Agrias Zois	126	protected area contained by site	0
Naxos: Ori Anathematistra; Koronos, Mavrovouni, Zas, Viglatouri	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	11,945	protected area overlaps with site	10,371
Kentriki Kai Notia Naxos: Zas Kai Vigla Eos Mavrovouni Kai Thalassia Zoni (Ormos Karades - Ormos Moutsounas)	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	9,052	protected area overlaps with site	6,078
Fanari/Filotiou Naxou	Game Refuge	346	protected area contained by site	346
Fanari (Filotiou Naxou)	Katafygio Agrias Zois	721	protected area contained by site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland, Broadleaved evergreen woodland	-
Shrubland	Scrub, Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	-
Sea	Open Sea, Sea inlets and coastal features	-
Coastline	Sea cliffs and rocky shores	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Ruderal land	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inland cliffs	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
water management	-
not utilised	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Mountains of Naxos. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 18/01/2022.