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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
Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus	LC	resident	1996	1 breeding pairs	B2, C6

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

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Vasilitsa	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	8,043	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Perifereiakes zones P1, P2, P3 kai P4 Ethnikou Parkou Pindou	Periferiaki zoni Ethnikou Parkou	48,387	protected area overlaps with site	0
Ori Orliakas Kai Tsourgiakas	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	9,848	protected area overlaps with site	0
Ethniko Parko Pindou	Ethniko Parko	146,259	protected area overlaps with site	0

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland, Mixed woodland	-
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	-
Grassland	Dry siliceous grassland	-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Scree & boulders, Inland cliffs	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-

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

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
forestry	-
urban/industrial/transport	-
tourism/recreation	-
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mounts Orliakas and Tsourgiakas. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mounts-orliakas-and-tsourgiakas-iba-greece on 03/10/2023.