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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 IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('key species') at the site:

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Eurasian Green Woodpecker Picus viridis	LC	resident (1989)	common	B2
Middle Spotted Woodpecker Leiopicus medius	LC	resident (1989)	frequent	C6
Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis	LC	breeding (1992)	frequent	B3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Tsanaktere/Kariofytou	Game Refuge (-)	1
-	D. Symplegma Kentaurou-Pahnis/Mykis, Ehinou, Kotil	Game Refuge (-)	-
-	Central Rodopi virgin forest	Biogenetic Reserves (-)	<1
-	Geraka - Oraiou/Stavroupolis	Game Refuge (-)	-
-	Aetorahis/Paranestiou	Game Refuge (-)	3
-	Dasiko Symplegma Kariofytou	Game Refuge (-)	1
1980	To partheno dasos kentrikis Rodopis	Diatiriteo mnimeio tis fysis (Ia)	<1
1980	Virgin Forest of Central Rodopi	Natural Monument (-)	<1
1987	Partheno Dasos Sillis (Paranestiou)	Katafygio Agrias Zois (IV)	4
1987	Parthenou Dasous Paranesti--Sellis	Game Refuge (-)	4
2001	Drymou Dimou Stavroupolis	Katafygio Agrias Zois (IV)	2
2005	Potamou Nestou	Katafygio Agrias Zois (IV)	12
2005	Aetorachi Paranestiou	Katafygio Agrias Zois (IV)	4
2009	Ethniko Parko Oroseiras Rodopis, Perifereiaki Ektasi	Periferiaki zoni Ethnikou Parkou (VI)	58
2009	Ethniko Parko Oroseiras Rodopis, Perioches Aiforikis Chrisis & Anaptyxis C6B	Alla (VI)	49
2009	Ethniko Parko Oroseiras Rodopis	Ethniko Parko (VI)	37
2009	Ethniko Parko Oroseiras Rodopis, Perioches Eidikis Diachirisis C1, C2, C5	Alla (VI)	18
2009	Ethniko Parko Oroseiras Rodopis, Perioches Aiforikis Chrisis & Anaptyxis C6A	Alla (VI)	12
2009	Ethniko Parko Oroseiras Rodopis, Perioches Eidikis Diachirisis C3, C4	Alla (VI)	9
2009	Ethniko Parko Oroseiras Rodopis, Perioches Prostasias tis Fysis B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, B7	Periochi prostasias tis fysis se ethniko parko (II)	6
2009	Ethniko Parko Oroseiras Rodopis, Perioches Apolytis Prostasias tis Fysis A1, A2, A3	Periochi apolytis prostasias tis fysis se ethniko parko (Ia)	1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	-	Broadleaved deciduous woodland; Native coniferous woodland
Grassland	-	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	90
agriculture	-
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Central Rodopi mountains and Nestos valley (Greece). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/central-rodopi-mountains-and-nestos-valley-iba-greece on 16/01/2025.