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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
Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan	VU	resident (1996)	common	B1ii, C2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1982	Portes Pyrgoudia/Limenarion--Theologou--Potamias-P	Game Refuge (-)	-
2001	Limaneria, Theologou, Potamia, Prinou, Marion Nisou Thasou	Katafygio Agrias Zois (IV)	25

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Shrubland	40	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis
Forest	20	Broadleaved deciduous woodland; Native coniferous woodland; Mixed woodland
Artificial/Terrestrial	15	Arable land; Perennial crops, orchards and groves; Urban parks and gardens
Grassland	5	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)
Marine Intertidal	minor (<10)

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	60
tourism/recreation	30
forestry	20
urban/industrial/transport	10
fisheries/aquaculture	5

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Thasos island and Xironisi islet (Greece). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/thasos-island-and-xironisi-islet-iba-greece on 23/12/2024.