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

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
1975	Axios, Loudias, Aliakmon delta	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	58
1981	Delta Aliakmona (Kleidiou)	Katafygio Agrias Zois	6
1988	Delta Axiou (Chalastras)	Katafygio Agrias Zois	26
1994	Delta Axiou - Loudia - Aliakmona – Evryteri Periochi - Axioupoli	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	85
1997	Stergios-Aliakmonas (Aiginiou)	Katafygio Agrias Zois	13
2009	Ethniko Parko Gallikou, Axiou, Loudia, Aliakmona, Alykis Kitrous, Limnothalassas Kalochoriou	Ethniko Parko	97
2009	Ethniko Parko Axiou - Perioches Prostasias tis Fysis PD1, PD2, PD3, PD4	Periochi prostasias tis fysis se ethniko parko	48
2009	Ethniko Parko Axiou - Perioches Apolytis Prostasias tis Fysis AP1, AP2, AP3, AP4	Periochi apolytis prostasias tis fysis se ethniko parko	19
2009	Ethniko Parko Axiou - Perioches Prostasias tis Fysis B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, B7	Periochi prostasias tis fysis se ethniko parko	16
2009	Ethniko Parko Axiou - Perioches georgikon kalliergeion C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6	Alla	14
2010	Delta Axiou - Loudia - Aliakmona - Alyki Kitrous	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	71

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	30
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest	10
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Neritic		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 23/11/2024.