Panagia Stazousa River (Cyprus) IBA | Details

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Panagia Stazousa River

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2012 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
Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus	LC	breeding (2005–2011)	< 50 pairs	B2
European Roller Coracias garrulus	LC	breeding (2005–2011)	10–30 pairs	A1, C1
Cyprus Warbler Curruca melanothorax	LC	breeding (2005–2011)	300–500 pairs	B3

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2012. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2013	not assessed	medium	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	population	poor

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Energy production and mining	happening now	some of population/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations)	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Shrubland	85	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis; Scrub
Artificial/Terrestrial	13	Arable land
Forest	2	Native coniferous woodland

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Panagia Stazousa River (Cyprus). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/panagia-stazousa-river-iba-cyprus on 22/12/2024.