Artemisio and Lyrkeio mountains (Greece) IBA | Details

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Artemisio and Lyrkeio mountains This is an IBA in Danger!

Current view: Data table and detailed info

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
Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli	LC	breeding (1987)	abundant	B3, C6

IBA Conservation

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.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2019	very poor	very high	low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	habitat	medium

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Shrubland	poor (40–69%)	moderate (70–90%)	very poor
Grassland	very poor (<40%)	moderate (70–90%)	very poor

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Energy production and mining	happening now	whole of population/area (>90%)	rapid decline (>30% over 3 generations)	very high
Biological resource use	happening now	whole of population/area (>90%)	rapid decline (>30% over 3 generations)	very high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Whole area (>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

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Shrubland	50	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	40	Scree & boulders; Inland cliffs
Forest	10	Native coniferous woodland
Grassland	5	Mesophile grasslands

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	80
not utilised	20

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Artemisio and Lyrkeio mountains (Greece). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/artemisio-and-lyrkeio-mountains-iba-greece on 27/12/2024.