GR029
Gallikos estuary and Kalochori lagoon


IBA Justification

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
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.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
- 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

Habitats

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 -
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

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.