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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
Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea	LC	breeding	2007-2012	760-940 individuals	C6
Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan	VU	breeding	2007-2012	50-250 breeding pairs	A1, B3, C1, C6
European Shag Gulosus aristotelis	LC	breeding	2005-2012	85-134 breeding pairs	B1i, B3, C2, C6
Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii	VU	breeding	1996-2012	25-50 breeding pairs	A1, B2, C1, C6
Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae	LC	breeding	2005	1,212 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1iii, B2, C2, C6

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1980	To nisi Piperi stis Voreies Sporades	Diatiriteo mnimeio tis fysis	<1
1980	Piperi Island	Natural Monument	<1
1982	Ag. Ioannis--Trohalo/Litohoriou	Game Refuge	1
1986	Voreies Sporades Skopelou	Elenchomeni kynigetiki periochi	1
1992	Ethniko Thalassio Parko Alonnisou Voreion Sporadon	Ethniko Thalassio Parko	91
1992	Zoni A9: Periochi Eidikon Rythmiseon Ethnikou Thalassiou Parkou Alonnisou Voreion Sporadon	Alla	53
1992	Zoni Oikistikon Rythmiseon B2 kai B3 kai Zoni B4 Ethnikou Thalassiou Parkou Alonnisou Voreion Sporadon	Alla	27
1992	Zones A1 kai A6 periochis A Ethnikou Thalassiou Parkou Alonnisou Voreion Sporadon	Periochi prostasias tis fysis se thalassio parko	7
1992	Zones A2, A3, A4, A5 kai A7 periochis A Ethnikou Thalassiou Parkou Voreion Sporadon	Periochi prostasias tis fysis se thalassio parko	3
1992	Zoni A8: Periochi Eidikon Rythmiseon Ethnikou Thalassiou Parkou Alonnisou Voreion Sporadon	Alla	1
1992	Zoni Eidikon Rythmiseon B1 Ethnikou Thalassiou Parkou Alonnisou Voreion Sporadon	Alla	<1
1992	Northern Sporades	Marine Park	52
1995	Ethniko Thalassio Parko Alonnisou – Voreion Sporadon; Anatoliki Skopelos	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	100
2001	Diaselo Dimou Alonnisou	Katafygio Agrias Zois	<1
2008	Nisia Kyra Panagia; Piperi, Psathoura Kai Gyro Nisides Agios Georgios, Nisoi Adelfoi, Lechousa, Gaidouronisia	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	3

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	83
Forest	Native coniferous woodland	5
Marine Neritic		major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100
fisheries/aquaculture	-
agriculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Islands and islets of northern Sporades and northwestern coast of Alonnisos (Greece). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/islands-and-islets-of-northern-sporades-and-northwestern-coast-of-alonnisos-iba-greece on 22/11/2024.