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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 ('triggering') IBA criteria.

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

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Rock Partridge Alectoris graeca	NT	resident (1996)	common	B2
Eurasian Green Woodpecker Picus viridis	LC	resident (1996)	abundant	B2
Sombre Tit Poecile lugubris	LC	resident (1988)	common	B3
Blue Rock-thrush Monticola solitarius	LC	resident (1985)	common	B2
Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana	LC	breeding (1996)	abundant	B2, C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Oiti	Biogenetic Reserves (-)	16
1966	Oiti	Ethnikos Drymos (pirinas) (II)	15
1966	Mount Oiti	National Park (-)	38
1971	Oiti	Ethnikos Drymos (perifereiaki zoni) (VI)	16
1987	Skasmeni Frantzi-Dyo Vounon	Katafygio Agrias Zois (IV)	4
1987	Oitis--Paulianis	Game Refuge (-)	-
1987	Frantzi--Dio Vounon	Game Refuge (-)	5
1991	Oiti-Pavliani	Katafygio Agrias Zois (IV)	8

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	70	Native coniferous woodland
Grassland	23	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland; Mesophile grasslands
Shrubland	12	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	7	Inland cliffs

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	70
forestry	20

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