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Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
The site contains a variety of wetland and drier habitats including riverine and coastal woodland, sand-dunes, lagoons, saltmarsh and freshwater marsh.
An important site for wintering and passage waterbirds. Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria:
Aythya nyroca, Larus audouinii (passage).
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
The site is seriously threatened by uncontrolled house construction, drainage and infilling of the wetland, and the destruction of woodland.
National Partial
International None370 ha of IBA covered by Wildlife Refuge (Delta Piniou/Stomiou, 370 ha).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pineios delta (Greece). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pineios-delta-iba-greece on 24/11/2024.
