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Mount Kantili


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
Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia LC breeding (1996) frequent B3, C6

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1976 Palioplatana/Dafnontos--Pagontos--Kamaritsas Game Refuge (-) -
1976 Iera Moni Galtaki Game Refuge (-) -
2006 Periochi Dafnonta Dimon Messapion Katafygio Agrias Zois (IV) 57

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest 79 Broadleaved deciduous woodland; Native coniferous woodland; Broadleaved evergreen woodland
Shrubland 15 Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis
Artificial/Terrestrial 10 Other urban and industrial areas

Land use

Land use % of IBA
forestry 70
agriculture 30
urban/industrial/transport 5


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mount Kantili (Greece). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mount-kantili-iba-greece on 24/12/2024.