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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
European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus	LC	breeding (2012)	10–15 pairs	C6
Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea	LC	breeding (2007–2012)	100–160 pairs	B2
Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan	VU	breeding (2007–2012)	20–50 pairs	A1, B3, C1
European Shag Gulosus aristotelis	LC	breeding (2005–2012)	31–42 pairs	C6
Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii	VU	breeding (1996–2012)	14–22 pairs	A1, C1
Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis	LC	resident (1996)	2,000–3,000 pairs	A4i, B1i, C3
Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae	LC	breeding (2005)	1 birds	B2
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	resident (1996)	4–5 pairs	B2, C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Stroudoular--Ag. Pantes/Lefkon--Kostou	Game Refuge (-)	-
2000	Agioi Pantes - Stroumpoula Nisou Parou	Katafygio Agrias Zois (IV)	1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Shrubland	50	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis
Artificial/Terrestrial	20	Arable land; Perennial crops, orchards and groves; Ruderal land
Marine Neritic	major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	-	Inland cliffs

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	80
tourism/recreation	15
fisheries/aquaculture	5

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Paros and Antiparos islands and surrounding islets (Greece). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/paros-and-antiparos-islands-and-surrounding-islets-iba-greece on 23/12/2024.