Pineios delta (Greece) IBA | Summary | BirdLife International

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Pineios delta

Current view: Summary

Country/territory: Greece
Subnational region(s): Central Macedonia; Thessalia

IBA Justification: A1, C1 (2000)

Area: 2,600 hectares (26.00 km²)

BirdLife Partner(s): Hellenic Ornithological Society

Site description (2000 baseline)
The site contains a variety of wetland and drier habitats including riverine and coastal woodland, sand-dunes, lagoons, saltmarsh and freshwater marsh.

Key biodiversity
An important site for wintering and passage waterbirds. Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria: Aythya nyroca, Larus audouinii (passage).

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pineios delta (Greece). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pineios-delta-iba-greece on 06/01/2025.