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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
Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii	VU	breeding (2001–2010)	9–21 pairs	A1, C1
Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae	LC	breeding (2005)	57 pairs	B2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1994	Kentarchos-Galini (Serifos)	Katafygio Agrias Zois (IV)	16
1994	Kentarchos--Galini/Serifos	Game Refuge (-)	10
1994	Chora--AG. Kiriaki/Serifos	Game Refuge (-)	2
1998	Chora-Agia Kyriaki (Serifos)	Katafygio Agrias Zois (IV)	2

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Shrubland	75	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis
Artificial/Terrestrial	15	Arable land; Other urban and industrial areas
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	5
Marine Neritic	5

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	60
not utilised	25
fisheries/aquaculture	5
tourism/recreation	5
urban/industrial/transport	5

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Serifos island (Greece). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/serifos-island-iba-greece on 23/12/2024.