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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
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	resident (1980–1989)	present	B2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1966	Thethi	Park Kombetar (II)	100
2002	Shpella e Thethit	Nature Monument (Category III IUCN) (III)	-
2002	Shpella e Majës së Arapit	Nature Monument (Category III IUCN) (III)	-
2002	Burimet e Shtarzës	Nature Monument (Category III IUCN) (III)	-
2002	Ujëvara e Thethit	Nature Monument (Category III IUCN) (III)	-
2002	Kanioni i Grunasit	Nature Monument (Category III IUCN) (III)	-
2002	Burimet e Okolit,Thethit	Nature Monument (Category III IUCN) (III)	-
2002	Shpella e Kataraktit	Nature Monument (Category III IUCN) (III)	-

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	-	Broadleaved deciduous woodland
Grassland	-	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	-	Scree & boulders; Inland cliffs
Shrubland	-

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-
tourism/recreation	-
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Thethi (Albania). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/thethi-iba-albania on 24/12/2024.