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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	1996	common	A3
Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus	LC	breeding	1996	4-6 breeding pairs	C6
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	resident	1996	7-12 breeding pairs	C6
Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata	LC	resident	1996	2-4 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Middle Spotted Woodpecker Leiopicus medius	LC	resident	1996	frequent	C6
Eurasian Jackdaw Corvus monedula	LC	resident	1996	1,200-2,000 breeding pairs	B3
Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum	LC	breeding	1996	rare	A3
Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans	LC	breeding	1996	frequent	A3
Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala	LC	resident	1996	abundant	A3
Western Rock Nuthatch Sitta neumayer	LC	resident	1996	abundant	A3, B3
Blue Rock-thrush Monticola solitarius	LC	resident	1996	abundant	B2
Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica	LC	resident	1996	abundant	A3
Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala	LC	breeding	1996	common	A3
Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia	LC	breeding	1996	rare	A3

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1976	Perganti--Xiromerou/Monastiraki--Vatou--Thiriou	Game Refuge	10
1985	Perganti-Xiromeros (Monastirakiou-Vatou-Thyriou)	Katafygio Agrias Zois	8
2001	Oros Tserekas (Akarnanika)	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	12
2008	Periochi Perivallontikou Elegchou Ethnikou Parkou Ygrotopon Amvrakikou (Zoni C)	Periferiaki zoni Ethnikou Parkou	9

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	50
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland	25
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	15
Marine Neritic		5
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inland cliffs	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	85
fisheries/aquaculture	5

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