Lake Kourna, Almyros delta and Georgioupolis coast, Crete (Greece) IBA | Summary

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Lake Kourna, Almyros delta and Georgioupolis coast, Crete

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Country/territory: Greece
Subnational region(s): Crete

IBA Justification: C7 (2000)

Area: 4,430 hectares (44.30 km²)

BirdLife Partner(s): Hellenic Ornithological Society

Site description (2000 baseline)
The site contains one of the few freshwater lakes in Crete, as well as coastal marshes, a brackish lake, sand-dunes, cliffs and a marine zone.

Key biodiversity
This is an important site for breeding, migrant and wintering waterbirds and passerines. Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria: Phalacrocorax pygmeus (wintering), Aythya nyroca (wintering), Aquila clanga (passage), Gallinago media (passage, wintering), Larus audouinii (wintering).

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lake Kourna, Almyros delta and Georgioupolis coast, Crete (Greece). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lake-kourna-almyros-delta-and-georgioupolis-coast-crete-iba-greece on 16/01/2025.