GR017
Mount Pangaio


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
Rock Partridge Alectoris graeca NT resident (-) common B2
Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis LC breeding (1996) frequent B3

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1982 Periochi Pangaiou Orous Game Refuge (-) 23
1996 Petra Kormitsas Iliokomis (Iera Moni Eikosifoinissis) Katafygio Agrias Zois (IV) <1
2001 Pangaio oros Dimon Pangaiou - Eleftheroupolis - Piereon - Orfanou Katafygio Agrias Zois (IV) 27

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest 70 Broadleaved deciduous woodland; Native coniferous woodland; Mixed woodland; Broadleaved evergreen woodland
Shrubland 20 Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis
Grassland 10 Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) 5 Inland cliffs

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture 60
forestry 40
military 5


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mount Pangaio (Greece). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mount-pangaio-iba-greece on 22/12/2024.