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 IBA criteria.
Populations meeting IBA criteria ('key species') at the site:
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| 1984 |
Delta Pineiou (Stomiou)
|
Katafygio Agrias Zois (IV) |
13 |
| 1984 |
Delta Piniou/Stomiou |
Game Refuge (-) |
14 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Artificial/Terrestrial |
20 |
Arable land; Perennial crops, orchards and groves |
| Forest |
10 |
Alluvial and very wet forest |
| Grassland |
10 |
Steppes and dry calcareous grassland |
| Shrubland |
10 |
Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis |
| Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
- |
|
| Marine Neritic |
- |
|
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| agriculture |
80 |
| fisheries/aquaculture |
20 |
| tourism/recreation |
20 |
| urban/industrial/transport |
5 |
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 08/01/2025.
