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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	1990	common	B2
Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus	NT	resident	1997	1 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	resident	1990	common	C6
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	resident	1986	common	C6
Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus	LC	resident	1993	abundant	A3
Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli	LC	breeding	1988	common	B3, C6
Western Rock Nuthatch Sitta neumayer	LC	resident	1993	abundant	B3
Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria	LC	resident	1986	common	A3
Blue Rock-thrush Monticola solitarius	LC	resident	1988	common	B2
Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris	LC	resident	1993	common	A3
White-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla nivalis	LC	resident	1985	uncommon	A3
Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia	LC	breeding	1985	frequent	B3, C6

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1938	Parnassos	Ethnikos Drymos (pirinas)	4
1976	Asprochoma-Psilo-Prontoli-Kelari (Arachovas)	Katafygio Agrias Zois	15
1976	Asprochoma--Psilo--Prontoli--Kelari/ Arachovas	Game Refuge	14
1977	Amfikleia Lamias	Ektrofeio thiramaton	<1
1979	Periastiko dasos Tithoreas Fthiotidas	Aisthitiko dasos	1
1995	Notioanatolikos Parnassos – Ethnikos Drymos Parnassou – Dasos Tithoreas; Spilaiovarathro	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	51
2010	Oros Parnassos	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	5

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland, Mesophile grasslands	40
Forest	Native coniferous woodland	25
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Scree & boulders, Inland cliffs	20
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	20

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	50
tourism/recreation	20
not utilised	-

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