Lake Kerkini (Greece) IBA | Summary | BirdLife International

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Lake Kerkini

Current view: Summary

Country/territory: Greece
Subnational region(s): Central Macedonia

IBA Justification: A1, A4i, A4iii, B1i, B2, C1, C2, C3, C4, C6 (2000)

Area: 12,000 hectares (120.00 km²)

BirdLife Partner(s): Hellenic Ornithological Society

Site description (2000 baseline)
Kerkini is a freshwater reservoir with reedbeds (Phragmites), some wet forest, and arable land.

Key biodiversity
A very important area for breeding, passage and wintering waterbirds and raptors and breeding and migratory passerines. The site is valuable as a foraging area for raptors nesting elsewhere. Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria: Haliaeetus albicilla (non-breeding, 2-4 wintering individuals), Aquila heliaca (1-3 wintering individuals), Falco naumanni (passage), Gallinago media (wintering).

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lake Kerkini (Greece). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lake-kerkini-iba-greece on 17/01/2025.