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Lake Doïrani


IBA Justification

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

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


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
1980 Mouries Oak and Ash Forest Natural Monument 1
1995 Ydrochares Dasos Mourion Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 39
2001 Do¿rani Dimon Do¿ranis Mourion Katafygio Agrias Zois 100
2001 Limni Doirani Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) 100

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial Arable land -
Forest Alluvial and very wet forest -
Shrubland Scrub -
Wetlands (inland) Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation -
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 24/11/2024.