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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 at site	IBA criteria triggered
Black-crowned Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	breeding	-	70-100 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo	LC	resident	-	5-6 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding	-	9-11 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus	LC	breeding	-	15-20 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	breeding	-	40-60 breeding pairs	C6
Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus	NT	resident	-	90-100 breeding pairs	A1, B1iii, B2, C1, C2, C6
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga	VU	winter	-	6-15 individuals	A1, C1
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	resident	-	4-6 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina	LC	breeding	-	15-17 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus	LC	breeding	-	7-9 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes	LC	breeding	-	8-12 breeding pairs	B2
Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus	LC	breeding	-	common	A3, B2
Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum	LC	breeding	-	frequent	A3, B2, C6
Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris	LC	breeding	-	frequent	B2
Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans	LC	breeding	-	common	A3
Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala	LC	resident	-	common	A3
Western Rock Nuthatch Sitta neumayer	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica	LC	breeding	-	common	A3
Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala	LC	breeding	-	abundant	A3
Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia	LC	breeding	-	frequent	A3

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Zioga-Kalyvia (Dadias-Soufliou)	Katafygio Agrias Zois	2,369	protected area contained by site	0
Vouna Evrou- Potamos Lyras- Spilaia Didymoteichou Kai Kefalovounou	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	43,299	protected area contains site	42,370
Treis Vryses	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	9,968	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Oreinos Evros - Koilada Dereiou	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	48,942	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Nipsas - Drymou Dimou Traianoupolis	Katafygio Agrias Zois	2,633	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Ethniko parko dasous Dadias - Lefkimmis - Soufliou Zoni B3	Alla	1,453	protected area contained by site	0
Ethniko parko dasous Dadias - Lefkimmis - Soufliou Zoni B2b	Alla	4,271	protected area overlaps with site	0
Ethniko parko dasous Dadias - Lefkimmis - Soufliou Zoni B2a	Alla	8,898	protected area overlaps with site	0
Ethniko parko dasous Dadias - Lefkimmis - Soufliou Zoni B2	Alla	739	protected area contained by site	0
Ethniko parko dasous Dadias - Lefkimmis - Soufliou Zoni B1	Alla	20,068	protected area overlaps with site	0
Ethniko parko dasous Dadias - Lefkimmis - Soufliou Periochi prostasias tis fysis Zoni A2	Periochi prostasias tis fysis se ethniko parko	5,300	protected area contained by site	0
Ethniko parko dasous Dadias - Lefkimmis - Soufliou Periochi prostasias tis fysis Zoni A1	Periochi prostasias tis fysis se ethniko parko	2,471	protected area contained by site	0
Ethniko parko dasous Dadias - Lefkimmis - Soufliou	Ethniko Parko	43,200	protected area contains site	0
Dasos Dadias - Soufli	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	42,339	protected area contains site	41,112
Dadia-Lykofos-Lefkimmi	Katafygio Agrias Zois	7,285	protected area contained by site	0
Dadia--Lefkimi Forest	Wildlife Refuge	7,200	protected area contained by site	7,200

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland, Mixed woodland	-
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	-
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Forestry plantations, Other urban and industrial areas, Ruderal land	-

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
forestry	-
military	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: National Park of Dadia - Lefkimi - Soufli forest. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/987 on 30/05/2023.