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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
European Shag Gulosus aristotelis	LC	breeding (2009)	10–100 pairs	B1i, B3, C2, C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2001	Katsampas Dimou Samothrakis	Katafygio Agrias Zois (IV)	3
2001	Alonoudia Dimou Samothrakis	Katafygio Agrias Zois (IV)	4

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	33	Broadleaved deciduous woodland; Alluvial and very wet forest; Broadleaved evergreen woodland; Treeline ecotone
Artificial/Terrestrial	20	Arable land; Perennial crops, orchards and groves
Shrubland	20	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis
Grassland	10	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland
Marine Neritic	major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	-

Land use	% of IBA
tourism/recreation	20
agriculture	17
not utilised	15
military	10
other	10
fisheries/aquaculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Samothraki island (Greece). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/samothraki-island-iba-greece on 21/12/2024.