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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 IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('key species') at the site:

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus	LC	resident (-)	common	B3, C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Viras/Eptamilon, Dinousas, Serron	Game Refuge (-)	-
1982	Viros-Iera Moni Agiou Nikolaou (Serron-Oinousas-Eptamylon)	Katafygio Agrias Zois (IV)	2

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	50	Broadleaved deciduous woodland; Native coniferous woodland; Broadleaved evergreen woodland
Grassland	30	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	10	Inland cliffs
Shrubland	10	Scrub

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	60
forestry	30
not utilised	10

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mount Menoikio (Greece). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mount-menoikio-iba-greece on 15/01/2025.