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Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
Mounts Tzena and Pinovo form the central part of the Aridaia mountain range. The vegetation comprises extensive broadleaved forests and alpine and subalpine grassland. The site lies adjacent to site 009 in the FYR Macedonia.
This is an important breeding and foraging site for raptors. Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria:
Aquila heliaca (non-breeding).
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
The main threats are from hunting, the afforestation of abandoned cultivation and grassland with plantations of
Robinia pseudacacia, and intensified forest management. Part of the area is a candidate SAC.
National Partial
International High5,000 ha of IBA covered by Wildlife Refuge (Pinovo-Tzena/Notias, 5,199 ha). 5,000 ha of IBA covered by Special Protection Area (Ori Tzena, 12,579 ha).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tzena and Pinovo mountains (Greece). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tzena-and-pinovo-mountains-iba-greece on 23/12/2024.
