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 |
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Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus | LC | winter | 1989 | 10-400 individuals | A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2 |
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta | LC | breeding | 1996 | 80 breeding pairs | B3, C6 |
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus | LC | breeding | 1996 | 100 breeding pairs | B1i, C2 |
Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris | CR | passage | 1988 | 1 individuals | A1, C1 |
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola | LC | breeding | 1996 | 10-40 breeding pairs | B1i, C2 |
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus | LC | breeding | 1991 | 20-50 breeding pairs | C2 |
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 |
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- | DELTA AXIOU - LOUDIA - ALIAKMONA - EVRYTERI PERIOCHI - AXIOUPOLI | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 1 |
1994 | Delta Axiou - Loudia - Aliakmona – Evryteri Periochi - Axioupoli | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 54 |
2009 | Ethniko Parko Gallikou, Axiou, Loudia, Aliakmona, Alykis Kitrous, Limnothalassas Kalochoriou | Ethniko Parko | 86 |
2009 | Ethniko Parko Axiou - Perioches Prostasias tis Fysis PD1, PD2, PD3, PD4 | Periochi prostasias tis fysis se ethniko parko | 44 |
2009 | Ethniko Parko Axiou - Perioches Prostasias tis Fysis B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, B7 | Periochi prostasias tis fysis se ethniko parko | 30 |
2009 | Ethniko Parko Axiou - Perioches Apolytis Prostasias tis Fysis AP1, AP2, AP3, AP4 | Periochi apolytis prostasias tis fysis se ethniko parko | 11 |
2010 | Delta Axiou - Loudia - Aliakmona - Alyki Kitrous | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 87 |
Habitat1 | Habitat detail | % of IBA |
---|---|---|
Marine Neritic | 20 | |
Artificial/Terrestrial | Arable land, Other urban and industrial areas | 5 |
Shrubland | Scrub | 5 |
Marine Coastal/Supratidal | - | |
Marine Intertidal | - |
Land use | % of IBA |
---|---|
fisheries/aquaculture | - |
urban/industrial/transport | - |
agriculture | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Gallikos estuary and Kalochori lagoon (Greece). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/gallikos-estuary-and-kalochori-lagoon-iba-greece on 23/11/2024.