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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
Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans	LC	breeding (1996)	abundant	A3
Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala	LC	resident (1996)	abundant	A3
Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli	LC	breeding (1996)	common	A3, B3
Western Rock Nuthatch Sitta neumayer	LC	resident (1996)	abundant	A3, B3
Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica	LC	breeding (1996)	common	A3
Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala	LC	breeding (-)	present	A3
Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia	LC	breeding (1996)	frequent	A3, B3, C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1974	Dasos Kaisarianis Attikis	Aisthitiko dasos (III)	5
1976	Dim. Dasos Ymittou	Game Refuge (-)	25

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	-	Native coniferous woodland
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	-	Scree & boulders; Inland cliffs
Shrubland	-	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis

Land use	% of IBA
tourism/recreation	-
urban/industrial/transport	-
agriculture	-
not utilised	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mount Ymittos (Greece). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mount-ymittos-iba-greece on 24/12/2024.