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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)	uncommon	A3
Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata	LC	resident (1996)	3–4 pairs	B2, C6
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	breeding (1996)	3–10 pairs	A1, C1
Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator	NT	breeding (1996)	common	B2
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	resident (1997)	200 pairs	C2
Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus	LC	resident (1996)	uncommon	A3
Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris	LC	breeding (1996)	uncommon	B2
Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans	LC	breeding (1996)	common	A3
Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala	LC	resident (1996)	abundant	A3
Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli	LC	breeding (1996)	uncommon	A3, B3
Western Rock Nuthatch Sitta neumayer	LC	resident (1996)	common	A3
Blue Rock-thrush Monticola solitarius	LC	resident (1996)	common	B2
Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica	LC	breeding (1996)	abundant	A3
Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia	LC	breeding (1996)	uncommon	A3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1976	Ntoumpitsia (Exochoriou)	Katafygio Agrias Zois (IV)	1
1976	Doubitsa--Kentreas--Vribitsa/Exochoriou	Game Refuge (-)	1
1980	Anadasoseis (Potamia-Vasilikis-Vasilakiou)	Katafygio Agrias Zois (IV)	<1
1995	Lada/Karveliou	Game Refuge (-)	2
2005	Agios Ioannis - Agios Georios periochi Lada, Karveliou, Artemisias Dimou Kalamatas	Katafygio Agrias Zois (IV)	2

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	55	Native coniferous woodland; Treeline ecotone
Shrubland	30	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	15	Scree & boulders; Inland cliffs
Artificial/Terrestrial	5	Perennial crops, orchards and groves

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	-
tourism/recreation	-
water management	-
other	-

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