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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	1996	uncommon	A3
Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata	LC	resident	1996	3-4 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	breeding	1996	3-10 breeding pairs	A1, C1
Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator	NT	breeding	1996	common	B2
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	resident	1997	200 breeding 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

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
1976	Ntoumpitsia (Exochoriou)	Katafygio Agrias Zois	1
1976	Doubitsa--Kentreas--Vribitsa/Exochoriou	Game Refuge	1
1980	Anadasoseis (Potamia-Vasilikis-Vasilakiou)	Katafygio Agrias Zois	<1
1994	Oros Taygetos Spilaio Trachilas Spilaio Vatsinidi	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	76
1994	Lagkada Trypis	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
1995	Farangi Nedona (Petalon - Chani)	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
1995	Lada/Karveliou	Game Refuge	2
2001	Oros Taygetos - Lagkada Trypis	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	70
2005	Agios Ioannis - Agios Georios periochi Lada, Karveliou, Artemisias Dimou Kalamatas	Katafygio Agrias Zois	2

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Native coniferous woodland, Treeline ecotone	55
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	30
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Scree & boulders, Inland cliffs	15
Artificial/Terrestrial	Perennial crops, orchards and groves	5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 23/11/2024.