Site description (baseline)
The site contains a variety of wetland and drier habitats including riverine and coastal woodland, sand-dunes, lagoons, saltmarsh and freshwater marsh.
Key biodiversity
An important site for wintering and passage waterbirds. Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria: Aythya nyroca, Larus audouinii (passage).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pineios delta. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/1105 on 09/06/2023.