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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2012 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
Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea	LC	breeding (1998–2012)	710–1,010 pairs	B1ii, B2, C2, C6
Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan	VU	breeding (1998–2012)	15–20 pairs	A1, C1
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	passage (2004–2006)	present	A1, C1
Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae	LC	breeding (2004–2005)	560–620 pairs	A4ii, B1iii, B2, C2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2001	Dionysades nisoi Dimou Siteias	Katafygio Agrias Zois (IV)	3

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Shrubland	80	Scrub; Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	20
Marine Neritic	major (>10)

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	-
agriculture	-
not utilised	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Dionysades islets, Crete (Greece). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/dionysades-islets-crete-iba-greece on 27/12/2024.