Current view: Data table and detailed info
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 |
| Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus |
LC |
passage (1996) |
1,600–1,800 birds |
A4i, B1i, C2 |
| Great White Egret Ardea alba |
LC |
winter (1996) |
280–360 birds |
A4i, B1i, C2 |
| Little Egret Egretta garzetta |
LC |
passage (1995) |
1,500–2,000 birds |
A4i, B1i, C2 |
| Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo |
LC |
winter (1996) |
1,000 birds |
B1i, C3 |
| Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola |
LC |
passage (1996) |
7,000–11,000 birds |
A4i, B1i, C2 |
| Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis |
LC |
passage (1996) |
300–500 birds |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
| Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola |
LC |
passage (1996) |
117 birds |
B1i, C2 |
| Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica |
LC |
passage (1996) |
210–220 birds |
B1i, C2 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Artificial/Terrestrial |
20 |
Arable land; Forestry plantations |
| Shrubland |
10 |
Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis |
| Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
major (>10) |
|
| Marine Intertidal |
major (>10) |
|
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| fisheries/aquaculture |
65 |
| tourism/recreation |
30 |
| agriculture |
14 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Divari Pylou (Gialova) lagoon and Sfaktiria island (Greece). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/divari-pylou-(gialova)-lagoon-and-sfaktiria-island-iba-greece on 23/12/2024.
