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Syrna island and surrounding islets This is an IBA in Danger! 


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2000 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 (1997) 100 pairs B2, C6
Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan VU breeding (1997) 50 pairs B1ii, B3, C2
Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae LC breeding (1997) 95–100 pairs A4ii, B1iii, B2, C2

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2000. The most recent assessment (2019) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment State Pressure Response
2019 not assessed very high low
Whole site assessed? State assessed by Accuracy of information
yes unset medium

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat Timing Scope Severity Result
Energy production and mining likely in short term (<4 years) whole of popul­ation/area (>90%) rapid decline (>30% over 3 gener­ations) very high
Human intrusions and disturbance likely in short term (<4 years) most of popul­ation/area (50–90%) moderate decline (10–30% over 3 gener­ations) high
Invasive and other problematic species and genes happe­ning now few indivi­duals/small area (<10%) no or slight decline (<1% over 3 gener­ations) low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation Planning Action Result
Whole area (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation No management plan exists, but the management planning process has begun Very little or no conservation action taking place low

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Shrubland 70 Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis
Artificial/Terrestrial 10 Arable land
Grassland 8 Steppes and dry calcareous grassland
Marine Coastal/Supratidal 5
Marine Neritic 5

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture 90
fisheries/aquaculture 10


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