Mount Kochylas, Skyros (Greece) IBA | Details

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Mount Kochylas, Skyros

Current view: Data table and detailed info

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
Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae	LC	breeding (1996)	60 pairs	B2, C6
Cinereous Bunting Emberiza cineracea	NT	breeding (1994)	present	A1, B2, C1, C6
Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia	LC	breeding (1996)	common	B3, C6

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2000. The most recent assessment (2019) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2019	not assessed	high	low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	most of population/area (50–90%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations)	high
Energy production and mining	likely in short term (<4 years)	most of population/area (50–90%)	rapid decline (>30% over 3 generations)	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Most of area (50–90%) covered (including the most critical parts for important bird species)	No management plan exists, but the management planning process has begun	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	low

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Shrubland	70	Scrub; Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis
Grassland	5	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	-	Scree & boulders; Inland cliffs

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	95
not utilised	5

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