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Alyki Angelochoriou lagoon (Megalou Emvolou)


IBA Justification

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:
Species Red List Season (year[s] of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus LC passage (-) max 384 birds B1i, C3
Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris CR passage (1984) min 1 birds A1, C1
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus LC non-breeding (-) 5,500 birds A4i, B1i, C2

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Marine Neritic 10
Marine Coastal/Supratidal -
Marine Intertidal -

Land use

Land use % of IBA
water management 45
agriculture 30
fisheries/aquaculture 10
other 10
tourism/recreation -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Alyki Angelochoriou lagoon (Megalou Emvolou) (Greece). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/alyki-angelochoriou-lagoon-(megalou-emvolou)-iba-greece on 08/12/2024.