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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 ('triggering') IBA criteria.

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

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	winter (-)	2,350 birds	B1i, C3
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola	LC	breeding (-)	10–45 pairs	B1i, B2, C2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1984	Tsairi/Epanomis	Game Refuge (-)	100
2001	Tsairi Dimou Epanomis	Katafygio Agrias Zois (IV)	98

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	75
Shrubland	20	Scrub
Marine Intertidal	minor (<10)

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	60
fisheries/aquaculture	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Epanomi lagoon (Greece). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/epanomi-lagoon-iba-greece on 23/12/2024.