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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 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

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
-	D. Symplegma Kentaurou-Pahnis/Mykis, Ehinou, Kotil	Game Refuge	-
-	Central Rodopi virgin forest	Biogenetic Reserves	<1
-	Tsanaktere/Kariofytou	Game Refuge	1
-	Dasiko Symplegma Kariofytou	Game Refuge	1
-	Aetorahis/Paranestiou	Game Refuge	3
-	Geraka - Oraiou/Stavroupolis	Game Refuge	-
1980	To partheno dasos kentrikis Rodopis	Diatiriteo mnimeio tis fysis	<1
1980	Virgin Forest of Central Rodopi	Natural Monument	<1
1987	Kentriki Rodopi Kai Koilada Nestou	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	79
1987	Partheno Dasos Sillis (Paranestiou)	Katafygio Agrias Zois	4
1987	Parthenou Dasous Paranesti--Sellis	Game Refuge	4
1994	Dasos Fraktou	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
1994	Rodopi (Simyda)	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	4
1995	Periochi Elatia; Pyramis Koutra	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	5
1995	Oros Chaintou - Koula Kai Gyro Koryfes	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2001	Drymou Dimou Stavroupolis	Katafygio Agrias Zois	2
2005	Potamou Nestou	Katafygio Agrias Zois	12
2005	Aetorachi Paranestiou	Katafygio Agrias Zois	4
2009	Ethniko Parko Oroseiras Rodopis, Perifereiaki Ektasi	Periferiaki zoni Ethnikou Parkou	58
2009	Ethniko Parko Oroseiras Rodopis, Perioches Aiforikis Chrisis & Anaptyxis C6B	Alla	49
2009	Ethniko Parko Oroseiras Rodopis	Ethniko Parko	37
2009	Ethniko Parko Oroseiras Rodopis, Perioches Eidikis Diachirisis C1, C2, C5	Alla	18
2009	Ethniko Parko Oroseiras Rodopis, Perioches Aiforikis Chrisis & Anaptyxis C6A	Alla	12
2009	Ethniko Parko Oroseiras Rodopis, Perioches Eidikis Diachirisis C3, C4	Alla	9
2009	Ethniko Parko Oroseiras Rodopis, Perioches Prostasias tis Fysis B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, B7	Periochi prostasias tis fysis se ethniko parko	6
2009	Ethniko Parko Oroseiras Rodopis, Perioches Apolytis Prostasias tis Fysis A1, A2, A3	Periochi apolytis prostasias tis fysis se ethniko parko	1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland	-
Grassland	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) 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 24/11/2024.