Rineia, Chtapodia and Tragonisi islets, Mykonos (Greece)

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Rineia, Chtapodia and Tragonisi islets, Mykonos

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List¹	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea	LC	breeding	2007-2012	150-250 breeding pairs	B2
Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan	VU	breeding	2007-2012	100-250 breeding pairs	A1, B3, C1, C6
Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii	VU	breeding	1997-2012	13-21 breeding pairs	A1, C1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2012) may differ.

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2001	Nisides Mykonou: Rineia; Chtapodia, Kai Tragonisi Kai Thalassia Periochi	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Rineia, Chtapodia and Tragonisi islets, Mykonos (Greece). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/rineia-chtapodia-and-tragonisi-islets-mykonos-iba-greece on 22/11/2024.