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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
Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan	VU	breeding (1996)	300 pairs	A4ii, B1ii, B3, C2
Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae	LC	breeding (1997)	80 pairs	A4ii, B1iii, B2, C2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2000	Nisos Irakleia	Katafygio Agrias Zois (IV)	16

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Shrubland	70	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis
Artificial/Terrestrial	10	Arable land; Other urban and industrial areas
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	5

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	60
not utilised	20
tourism/recreation	10
fisheries/aquaculture	5

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mikres Kyklades island complex (Greece). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mikres-kyklades-island-complex-iba-greece on 23/12/2024.