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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
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	breeding (1996)	common	A1, B2, C1, C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Palaikastro/Elaias-Arahovas-Sideris	Game Refuge (-)	-
2001	Profitis Ilias, Vrysoules, Stefanoma Dafnis Dimou Filiaton	Katafygio Agrias Zois (IV)	11

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	-	Arable land
Forest	-	Alluvial and very wet forest
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	-	Inland cliffs
Shrubland	-	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis
Wetlands (inland)	-	Rivers and streams

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	80
unknown	10
not utilised	10

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lower Kalamas gorge (Greece). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lower-kalamas-gorge-iba-greece on 25/12/2024.