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Mount Olympos


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
Rock Partridge Alectoris graeca NT resident 1996 present B2
Tawny Owl Strix aluco LC resident 1996 present B3
Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus NT resident 1995 2 breeding pairs C6
Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus LC resident 1996 100 breeding pairs A3
Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria LC breeding 1988 present A3
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush Monticola saxatilis LC breeding 1996 present B2
Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris LC resident 1996 present A3
White-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla nivalis LC breeding 1988 present A3

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


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
- Karias Game Refuge 10
- Magouta-Alonaki-Karamana/Elassonas Game Refuge 4
- Siopoto-Paliabela/Kokkinoplou Game Refuge 14
1938 Olympos Ethnikos Drymos (pirinas) 10
1938 Mount Olympos National Park 10
1971 Olympos Biogenetic Reserves 10
1976 Siopoto-Doulos-Paliampela (Kokkinopilos-Kalyvia) Katafygio Agrias Zois 12
1981 Mount Olympus National Park UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve 10
1982 Agios Ioannis-Trochalo (Litochorou) Katafygio Agrias Zois 2
1982 Ag. Ioannis--Trohalo/Litohoriou Game Refuge 3
1988 Vrontou (Karitsis-Diou) Katafygio Agrias Zois 1
1995 Oros Olympos Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 41
1995 Magkouta-Alonaki-Karamano Katafygio Agrias Zois 4
1997 Oros Olympos Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) 46

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Forest Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland, Broadleaved evergreen woodland -
Grassland Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland -
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) Scree & boulders, Inland cliffs -
Shrubland Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis -
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use % of IBA
forestry -
nature conservation and research -
tourism/recreation -
agriculture -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mount Olympos (Greece). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mount-olympos-iba-greece on 22/11/2024.