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Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
A partly forested mountain area. Human activities include forestry, stock-raising, hunting, arable agriculture, and tourism.
This is an important area for breeding raptors. Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria:
Aquila heliaca.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
Major threats come from the construction of the Pili dam and the creation of a reservoir. The construction of two roads threatens a
Gyps fulvus colony and breeding
Neophron percnopterus. Part of the area is a candidate SAC.
National Partial
International NonePart of IBA covered by Controlled Hunting Area (Koziakas, 48,360 ha)
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mount Kerketio (Koziakas) (Greece). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mount-kerketio-(koziakas)-iba-greece on 23/11/2024.
