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Lake Doïrani


IBA Justification

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
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus NT winter (1994) 76 birds A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus LC winter (1988) 112 birds A1, C1

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1980 Mouries Oak and Ash Forest Natural Monument (-) 1
2001 Do¿rani Dimon Do¿ranis Mourion Katafygio Agrias Zois (IV) 100

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable land
Forest - Alluvial and very wet forest
Shrubland - Scrub
Wetlands (inland) - Standing freshwater; Water fringe vegetation

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -
fisheries/aquaculture -
urban/industrial/transport -
water management -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lake Doïrani (Greece). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lake-doïrani-iba-greece on 25/12/2024.