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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
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding	1996	3 breeding pairs	C6
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	resident	1996	10-15 breeding pairs	C6
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	resident	1996	3 breeding pairs	C6
Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata	LC	resident	1996	2 breeding pairs	C6
Western Rock Nuthatch Sitta neumayer	LC	resident	1996	common	B3

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
-	Ravenis - Malouniou	Game Refuge	-
1976	Paramythia-Petousi-Agia Kyriaki	Katafygio Agrias Zois	10
1988	Raveni-Malounio-Pente Ekklisies	Katafygio Agrias Zois	9
1995	Stena Kalama	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	9
2009	Perioches Prostasias tis Fysis Stenon kai Ekvolon Acheronta kai Kalama kai Elous Kalodikiou kai Perifereiaki Zoni	Periochi prostasias tis fysis	18
2010	Ori Paramythias; Stena Kalama Και Stena Acheronta	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	40

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Scree & boulders, Inland cliffs	-
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	90
not utilised	10

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Paramythia mountains (Greece). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/paramythia-mountains-iba-greece on 23/11/2024.