GR158
Christiana and Aspronisi islets, Thira


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
Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae LC breeding (1997) 100 pairs A4ii, B1iii, B2, C2

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal -
Shrubland - Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis

Land use

Land use % of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture -
unknown -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Christiana and Aspronisi islets, Thira (Greece). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/christiana-and-aspronisi-islets-thira-iba-greece on 23/12/2024.