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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
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding (1997)	3 pairs	C6
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	resident (1997)	2–3 pairs	C6
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	passage (1997)	common	A1, C1
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	resident (1997)	10–20 pairs	B2, C6
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush Monticola saxatilis	LC	breeding (1997)	common	B2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Panagia-Kourouza-Makralexi/Lavdani-Ag. Marina Pogo	Game Refuge (-)	6
1987	Panagia Kourouza-Makralexi (Lavdanis-Agias Marinas)	Katafygio Agrias Zois (IV)	6
2001	Ampelonas, Vavouriou, Mileas Dimou Filiaton	Katafygio Agrias Zois (IV)	8
2005	Agion Panton, Platanou, Kokkinolithariou, Agiou Nikolaou, Kato Xechorou, Keramitsas, Kryoneriou Dimou Filiaton	Katafygio Agrias Zois (IV)	8

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	60	Broadleaved deciduous woodland; Native coniferous woodland
Grassland	20	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland
Shrubland	20	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis
Artificial/Terrestrial	5	Ruderal land
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	5	Inland cliffs

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	50
forestry	-
not utilised	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tsamanta, Filiata, Farmakovouni and Megali Rachi mountains (Greece). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tsamanta-filiata-farmakovouni-and-megali-rachi-mountains-iba-greece on 23/12/2024.