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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea	LC	breeding (1997–2012)	125–250 pairs	B2
Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan	VU	breeding (2007–2012)	1,440–2,020 pairs	A1, A4ii, B1ii, B3, C1, C2, C6
European Shag Gulosus aristotelis	LC	breeding (2004–2011)	68–79 pairs	B3, C6
Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii	VU	breeding (1997–2012)	53–102 pairs	A1, B2, C1, C6
Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus	LC	breeding (1997–1999)	3–4 pairs	B2
Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae	LC	breeding (2004)	62 pairs	A4ii, B1iii, B2, C2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2002	Nisides Chondros, Marmaras, Gialesinos kai Kouloundros tis Symis.... klp.	Katafygio Agrias Zois (IV)	1
2002	Nisides Armathia kai Makronisi tis Kasou, Antitilos kai Gaidaros tis Tilou….klp	Katafygio Agrias Zois (IV)	<1
2004	Nisides Arkoi, Marathoi kai Vrachonisides Anydro, Petrokaravo Dimou Patmou	Katafygio Agrias Zois (IV)	1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	25	Arable land; Perennial crops, orchards and groves; Urban parks and gardens
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	20
Marine Neritic	major (>10)
Shrubland	major (>10)	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	85
military	15
urban/industrial/transport	10
fisheries/aquaculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Islands and islets of northern Dodecanese (Greece). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/islands-and-islets-of-northern-dodecanese-iba-greece on 23/12/2024.