Current view: Text account
Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
A mountainous island with oak
Quercus forest in the north and extensive olive-groves and scrub in the south. The south-east is largely inaccessible.
The site is important for migratory species.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
The main threat is from forest grazing. Part of the area is a candidate SAC.
National Partial
International None500 ha of IBA covered by Wildlife Refuge (Alonoudia/Alonia-Samothrakis, 500 ha). 1,900 ha of IBA covered by Wildlife Refuge (Katsampas/Samothraki, 1,900 ha).
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.
