Gulf of Kavala and marine area of Thasos island (Greece)

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Gulf of Kavala and marine area of Thasos island

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2012 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
Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan	VU	breeding	2007-2012	500-2,000 individuals	A1, A4ii, B1ii, B3, C1, C2, C6
European Shag Gulosus aristotelis	LC	winter	2009-2012	580-1,000 individuals	B1i, C2
European Shag Gulosus aristotelis	LC	breeding	2009-2012	168-182 breeding pairs	B1i, B3, C2, C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2012) may differ.

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1975	Nestos delta & adjoining lagoons	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	<1
1995	Delta Nestou Kai Limnothalasses Keramotis - Evryteri Periochi Kai Paraktia Zoni	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	3
1995	Kolpos Palaiou - Ormos Eleftheron	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
2002	Delta Nestou Kai Limnothalasses Keramotis Kai Nisos Thasopoula	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	2
2008	Ethniko Parko Anatolikis Makedonias kai Thrakis - Periochi prostasias tis fysis	Periochi prostasias tis fysis se ethniko parko	1
2010	Thasos (Oros Ypsario Kai Paraktia Zoni) Kai Nisides Koinyra; Xironisi	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	4
2017	Thalassia Periochi Kavalas - Thasou	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	66
2017	Thalassia Periochi Kavalas - Thasou	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	66

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Gulf of Kavala and marine area of Thasos island (Greece). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/gulf-of-kavala-and-marine-area-of-thasos-island-iba-greece on 22/11/2024.