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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 (1990)	common	B2
Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus	NT	resident (1995)	1 pairs	B2, C6
Sombre Tit Poecile lugubris	LC	resident (1996)	common	B3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Orini Parnassidas	Controlled Hunting Area (-)	-
-	Makria Rachi, Dryodasos Pentagion	Controlled Hunting Area (-)	-
1985	Makria Rachi, Dryodasos Pentagion/Kokkinou	Game Refuge (-)	8
1995	Makrya Rachi, Dryodasos Pentagion	Katafygio Agrias Zois (IV)	2

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	43	Native coniferous woodland; Treeline ecotone
Grassland	34	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland; Mesophile grasslands
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	20	Scree & boulders; Inland cliffs
Shrubland	10	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis
Wetlands (inland)	5	Rivers and streams

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	70
hunting	-
not utilised	-

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