Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2000 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 |
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus |
LC |
breeding (1994) |
50–60 pairs |
B2, C2, C6 |
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus |
LC |
breeding (1994) |
270 pairs |
A4i, B1i, C2 |
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus |
LC |
passage (1994) |
775 birds |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Little Stint Calidris minuta |
LC |
passage (1994) |
3,845 birds |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis |
LC |
passage (1994) |
250 birds |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum |
LC |
breeding (1994) |
70 pairs |
B2, C6 |
Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
Shrubland |
18 |
Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis |
Forest |
17 |
Native coniferous woodland |
Artificial/Terrestrial |
15 |
Arable land |
Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
- |
|
Marine Intertidal |
- |
|
Land use |
% of IBA |
water management |
40 |
agriculture |
37 |
tourism/recreation |
20 |
fisheries/aquaculture |
7 |
urban/industrial/transport |
5 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kalogria lagoon, Strofylia forest and Lamia marshes (Greece). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kalogria-lagoon-strofylia-forest-and-lamia-marshes-iba-greece on 24/12/2024.