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:
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| 1984 |
Nisi Koufonisi
|
Katafygio Agrias Zois (IV) |
78 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Grassland |
70 |
Steppes and dry calcareous grassland |
| Shrubland |
15 |
Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis |
| Marine Intertidal |
5 |
|
| Marine Neritic |
5 |
|
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| fisheries/aquaculture |
5 |
| tourism/recreation |
- |
| unknown |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Koufonisi island, Crete (Greece). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/koufonisi-island-crete-iba-greece on 23/12/2024.
