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Tokmakia islets, Lesvos


IBA Justification

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 (1997–2012) 28–31 pairs A1, C1

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
2007 Nisides Toukmakia, Prasalogos kai Monopetra tou Dimou Mantamadou kai Kydonas tou Dimou L. Thermis Katafygio Agrias Zois (IV) 1

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Marine Neritic major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal -
Shrubland - Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -
fisheries/aquaculture -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tokmakia islets, Lesvos (Greece). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tokmakia-islets-lesvos-iba-greece on 22/12/2024.