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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
Tawny Owl Strix aluco	LC	resident	1992	frequent	B3
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding	1995	5 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus	LC	breeding	1995	10 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	resident	1995	2-5 breeding pairs	C6
Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus	NT	non-breeding	1996	frequent	A1, C1
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	resident	1995	2-4 breeding pairs	C6
Middle Spotted Woodpecker Leiopicus medius	LC	resident	1995	common	C6
Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus	LC	resident	1995	common	B3, C6
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio	LC	breeding	1995	common	B2, C6
Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis	LC	breeding	1995	common	B3
Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris	LC	breeding	1993	uncommon	B2
Semi-collared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata	LC	breeding	1990	rare	B2, C6
Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana	LC	breeding	1995	common	B2, C6

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
-	Petkodasas Nimfeas	Game Refuge	-
2001	Patermon - Adas Dimou Komotinis	Katafygio Agrias Zois	4
2001	Poas - Dichalas Dimou Sosti	Katafygio Agrias Zois	3
2001	Arrianon - Neas Santas Dimon Arrianon - Sapon	Katafygio Agrias Zois	1
2001	Kallithea - Treis Vryses Dimon Alexandroupolis, Orfea, Soufliou	Katafygio Agrias Zois	1
2001	Nymfaia Dimou Komotinis	Katafygio Agrias Zois	<1
2010	Koilada Filiouri	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	49

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	65
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves	10
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland	10
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	10
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inland cliffs	5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	95

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Filiouri valley and eastern Rodopi mountains (Greece). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/filiouri-valley-and-eastern-rodopi-mountains-iba-greece on 23/11/2024.