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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') at the site:

Species	Red List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Rock Partridge Alectoris graeca	NT	resident	1995	abundant	B2
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	resident	1995	common	B2, C6
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush Monticola saxatilis	LC	breeding	1995	common	B2
Blue Rock-thrush Monticola solitarius	LC	resident	1995	common	B2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2000. The most recent assessment (2019) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Energy production and mining	likely in short term (within 4 years)	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Human intrusions and disturbance	likely in short term (within 4 years)	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management plan exists but the management planning process has begun	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Ag. Nikalaou/Monastirakiou	Game Refuge	-
-	Tsouka Sakka--Asprorema/Epinianon, Trovatou	Game Refuge	7
1982	Dimotiko Dasos Agrafon-Kamaria	Katafygio Agrias Zois	<1
1995	Agrafa	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	46
1996	Tsouka Sakka-Asprorema	Katafygio Agrias Zois	5
1998	Agios Nikolaos (Monastiraki)	Katafygio Agrias Zois	<1
2002	Ori Agrafa	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Native coniferous woodland, Treeline ecotone	55
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Scree & boulders, Inland cliffs	35
Grassland	Mesophile grasslands	5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	60
forestry	30

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Agrafa mountains (Greece). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/agrafa-mountains-iba-greece on 23/11/2024.