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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
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia	LC	breeding (1995)	16–50 pairs	B1i, B2, C2, C6
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus	LC	breeding (1990)	30–80 pairs	B2, C2, C6
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	breeding (1990)	420–800 pairs	A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides	LC	breeding (1990)	150–300 pairs	A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	LC	breeding (1990)	274–700 pairs	A4i, B1i, C2
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus	NT	passage (1990)	5–50 birds	A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus	LC	winter (1997)	5,000 birds	A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus	NT	breeding (1996)	5–15 pairs	B1i, C3
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	breeding (1996)	50–70 pairs	B3, C6
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	breeding (1996)	100–150 pairs	B1i, C2
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	breeding (1990)	50–100 pairs	B1i, B2, C3
Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris	CR	passage (2000)	1 birds	A1, C1
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa	NT	passage (1990)	100–4,000 birds	B1i, C3
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola	LC	breeding (1996)	50–100 pairs	A4i, B1i, B2, C2
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus	LC	breeding (1996)	800–1,400 pairs	A4i, B1i, B3, C2, C6
Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis	LC	winter (1990)	5,000 birds	A4i, B1i, C3
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	breeding (1996)	70–130 pairs	B2, C6
Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla	LC	breeding (1990)	frequent	C6
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	unknown (-)	min 20,000 birds	A4iii, C4

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1981	Delta Aliakmona (Kleidiou)	Katafygio Agrias Zois (IV)	6
1988	Delta Axiou (Chalastras)	Katafygio Agrias Zois (IV)	26
1997	Stergios-Aliakmonas (Aiginiou)	Katafygio Agrias Zois (IV)	13
2009	Ethniko Parko Gallikou, Axiou, Loudia, Aliakmona, Alykis Kitrous, Limnothalassas Kalochoriou	Ethniko Parko (VI)	97
2009	Ethniko Parko Axiou - Perioches Prostasias tis Fysis PD1, PD2, PD3, PD4	Periochi prostasias tis fysis se ethniko parko (IV)	48
2009	Ethniko Parko Axiou - Perioches Apolytis Prostasias tis Fysis AP1, AP2, AP3, AP4	Periochi apolytis prostasias tis fysis se ethniko parko (IV)	19
2009	Ethniko Parko Axiou - Perioches Prostasias tis Fysis B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, B7	Periochi prostasias tis fysis se ethniko parko (IV)	16
2009	Ethniko Parko Axiou - Perioches georgikon kalliergeion C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6	Alla (VI)	14

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	30	Arable land
Forest	10	Alluvial and very wet forest
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)
Marine Neritic	major (>10)
Marine Intertidal	-

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	80
hunting	50
fisheries/aquaculture	30
nature conservation and research	30
tourism/recreation	10

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Axios, Loudias and Aliakmonas rivers' deltas (Greece). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/axios-loudias-and-aliakmonas-rivers-deltas-iba-greece on 24/12/2024.