Current view: Data table and detailed info
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 |
| Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca |
NT |
breeding (1996) |
30–60 pairs |
A1, B2, C1, C6 |
| Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus |
NT |
non-breeding (1989) |
63 birds |
A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2 |
| Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus |
LC |
winter (1996) |
27 birds |
A1, C1 |
| Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida |
LC |
breeding (1996) |
30–50 pairs |
B2, C6 |
| Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni |
LC |
non-breeding (1996) |
common |
A1, C1 |
| Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni |
LC |
breeding (1996) |
5–15 pairs |
A1, C1 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Artificial/Terrestrial |
40 |
Arable land |
| Wetlands (inland) |
24 |
Standing freshwater; Water fringe vegetation |
| Forest |
20 |
Broadleaved deciduous woodland |
| Grassland |
13 |
Mesophile grasslands |
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| agriculture |
54 |
| fisheries/aquaculture |
24 |
| forestry |
7 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lakes Cheimaditis and Zazari (Greece). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lakes-cheimaditis-and-zazari-iba-greece on 23/12/2024.
