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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	50-150 breeding pairs	B2
Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan	VU	breeding	2007-2012	50-150 breeding pairs	A1, B3, C1
European Shag Gulosus aristotelis	LC	breeding	2009-2011	120 breeding pairs	B1i, B3, C2, C6
Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii	VU	breeding	1998-2012	22-65 breeding pairs	A1, C1
Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae	LC	breeding	2005	341 breeding pairs	A4ii, B2, C2

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
1997	Limnos; Limnes Chortarolimni Kai Alyki, Kolpos Moudrou Elos Diapori Kai Chersonisos Fakos, Nisos Sergitsi Kai Nisides Diavates Kompiokastria, Tigani, Karkalas, Prasonisi Kai Thalassia Periochi	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
2007	Nisida Sideritis (Sergitsi) tou Dimou Atsikis nisou Limnou	Katafygio Agrias Zois	<1
2010	Nisides Kai Vrachonisides Limnou: Nisos Sergitsi Kai Nisides Diavates; Kompio, Kastria, Tigani, Karkalas, Prasonisi	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		minor (<10)
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	-
water management	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Islets of western Limnos and cape Mourtzeflos (Greece). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/islets-of-western-limnos-and-cape-mourtzeflos-iba-greece on 22/11/2024.