Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2012 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 |
| - |
Steno Kothiou |
Game Refuge (-) |
5 |
| - |
Synetiou/Synetiou-Androu |
Game Refuge (-) |
1 |
| - |
Kolympar--Zagarniari/Palaiopoleas--Pitrofou--Messa |
Game Refuge (-) |
1 |
| 1977 |
Stenies-M. Agiou Nikolaou
|
Katafygio Agrias Zois (IV) |
2 |
| 1977 |
Stenies--M. Ag. Nikolaou/Androu |
Game Refuge (-) |
2 |
| 1980 |
Synetio (Androu)
|
Katafygio Agrias Zois (IV) |
<1 |
| 1998 |
Megala Vrachia
|
Katafygio Agrias Zois (IV) |
2 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Shrubland |
80 |
Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis |
| Forest |
5 |
|
| Marine Neritic |
major (>10) |
|
| Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
- |
|
| Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) |
- |
Inland cliffs |
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| agriculture |
80 |
| not utilised |
10 |
| tourism/recreation |
5 |
| urban/industrial/transport |
5 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Andros island and surrounding islets (Greece). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/andros-island-and-surrounding-islets-iba-greece on 24/12/2024.
