Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2000 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.
Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| 1985 |
Mesountas |
Game Refuge (-) |
21 |
| 1995 |
Mesountas-Pigon Elatis
|
Katafygio Agrias Zois (IV) |
18 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Forest |
40 |
Broadleaved deciduous woodland; Native coniferous woodland; Broadleaved evergreen woodland; Treeline ecotone |
| Shrubland |
40 |
Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis |
| Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) |
20 |
Scree & boulders; Inland cliffs |
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| agriculture |
60 |
| not utilised |
30 |
| forestry |
10 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Acheloos valley (Greece). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/acheloos-valley-iba-greece on 27/12/2024.
