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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
Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus	NT	resident (1995)	1–2 pairs	B2, C6
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	resident (1996)	10–50 pairs	B2, C6
Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus	LC	resident (1996)	200–600 pairs	A3
Sombre Tit Poecile lugubris	LC	resident (1996)	common	B3
Western Rock Nuthatch Sitta neumayer	LC	resident (1996)	abundant	B3
Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria	LC	resident (1987)	common	A3
Blue Rock-thrush Monticola solitarius	LC	resident (1993)	common	B2
Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris	LC	resident (1996)	50–200 pairs	A3
White-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla nivalis	LC	resident (1987)	rare	A3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Orini Parnassidas	Controlled Hunting Area (-)	-
1986	Lefkaditiou (Sykeas)	Katafygio Agrias Zois (IV)	17
1986	Leukaditiou/Sykeas	Game Refuge (-)	12
1988	Rikas-Gourlomyta-Gkiona (Prosiliou)	Katafygio Agrias Zois (IV)	18
1988	Rekas/ Prosiliou	Game Refuge (-)	13

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Grassland	43	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland; Mesophile grasslands
Forest	40	Native coniferous woodland; Treeline ecotone
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	15	Scree & boulders; Inland cliffs
Shrubland	5	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	90
forestry	30
hunting	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mount Gkiona (Greece). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mount-gkiona-iba-greece on 23/12/2024.