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

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2007	Nisida Sideritis (Sergitsi) tou Dimou Atsikis nisou Limnou	Katafygio Agrias Zois (IV)	<1

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

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 23/12/2024.