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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
Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea	LC	breeding (1993)	100–200 pairs	C6
Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan	VU	breeding (2007–2012)	150–250 pairs	A1, B3, C1, C6
European Shag Gulosus aristotelis	LC	resident (2005)	common	B1i, C2
Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae	LC	breeding (2005)	963 pairs	A4ii, B1iii, B2, C2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1992	Xerokampos-Ftelia (Psarron)	Katafygio Agrias Zois (IV)	9
2004	Nisida Antipsara, Dimou Psaron	Katafygio Agrias Zois (IV)	3

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Shrubland	90	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	10
Marine Neritic	major (>10)

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	90
fisheries/aquaculture	10

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