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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Great White Egret Ardea alba	LC	winter	-	100-300 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	winter	-	400-1,000 individuals	B1i, C3
Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris	CR	passage	1974	1 individuals	A1, C1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1994	Limnothalassa Korission (Kerkyra)	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	94
1994	Limnothalassa Antinioti (Kerkyra)	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	17
1995	Alyki Lefkimμis (Kerkyra)	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	19
1995	Paraktia Thalassia Zoni Apo Kanoni Eos Mesongi (Kerkyra)	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	12
2001	Limnothalassa Korission (Kerkyra) Kai Nisos Lagoudia	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	99
2002	Alyki Lefkimμis (Kerkyra)	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	19
2010	Limnothalassa Antinioti (Kerkyra)	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	17

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Other urban and industrial areas	-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Marine Intertidal		-
Shrubland	Scrub	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
tourism/recreation	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lagoons of Kerkyra island (Greece). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lagoons-of-kerkyra-island-iba-greece on 23/11/2024.