Mount Kochylas, Skyros (Greece) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Mount Kochylas, Skyros

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List¹	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae	LC	breeding	1996	60 breeding 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

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.

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
Energy production and mining	likely in short term (within 4 years)	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Most of site (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

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1995	Skyros: Oros Kochylas	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	61
2010	Skyros: Oros Kochylas	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	74

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Shrubland	Scrub, Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	70
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	5
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Scree & boulders, Inland cliffs	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 22/11/2024.