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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
Tawny Owl Strix aluco	LC	resident	1996	common	B3
Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata	LC	resident	1996	2 breeding pairs	C6
Rock Bunting Emberiza cia	LC	resident	1996	frequent	B2

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
-	Almopia Arideas natural mixed forest	Biogenetic Reserves	<1
1976	Ano Koryfis - Dragos - Ormas/ Ormas - Sarakinon	Game Refuge	7
1980	Pefkoto Beech Forest	Natural Monument	<1
1985	To mikto dasos Promachon-Lycostomou Aridaias	Diatiriteo mnimeio tis fysis	<1
1986	Almopia Forest	Natural Monument	<1
1990	Skopos	Katafygio Agrias Zois	11
1990	Skopou	Game Refuge	9
1994	Koryfes Orous Vora	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	72
1996	Dimotiko Dasos Ano Koryfis-Dragos-Ormas	Katafygio Agrias Zois	9
2010	Oros Voras	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland, Mixed woodland, Treeline ecotone	63
Grassland	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland	15
Shrubland	Scrub	12
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Ruderal land	8

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	60
agriculture	30
tourism/recreation	20

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mount Voras (Kaïmaktsalan) (Greece). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mount-voras-(kaïmaktsalan)-iba-greece on 23/11/2024.