GR132
Lakes Chortarolimni and Alyki, Moudros gulf, Diapori fen and Fakos peninsula, Limnos


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
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna LC winter (1996) 850 birds B1i, C3
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea LC resident (1996) 8 pairs B2, C6
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus LC winter (1996) 5,000 birds A4i, B1i, C2
Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus LC breeding (1996) 20 pairs B2, C6
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta LC breeding (1996) 45 pairs C6
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni LC breeding (1996) 220 pairs A1, A4ii, B1iii, B2, C1, C2, C6

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1989 Komi-Tourles-Chortalimni (Romanou-Roussopouliou-Kalliopis) Katafygio Agrias Zois (IV) 8
1989 Plá¿-Korakia-Parthenomytos (Moudrou) Katafygio Agrias Zois (IV) 1
1989 Poliochni-Thymarelia (Livadochoriou-Agiou Dimitriou-Atsikis) Katafygio Agrias Zois (IV) 3

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Wetlands (inland) 40 Standing freshwater; Water fringe vegetation; Fens, transition mires and springs
Artificial/Terrestrial 30 Arable land
Marine Neritic 20
Grassland 10 Humid grasslands
Marine Coastal/Supratidal -
Marine Intertidal -

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture 50
water management 15
fisheries/aquaculture 15
not utilised 10
military 8
urban/industrial/transport 5


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lakes Chortarolimni and Alyki, Moudros gulf, Diapori fen and Fakos peninsula, Limnos (Greece). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lakes-chortarolimni-and-alyki-moudros-gulf-diapori-fen-and-fakos-peninsula-limnos-iba-greece on 05/12/2024.