Vouni Panagias (Cyprus) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Vouni Panagias

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List¹	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus	LC	breeding	2005-2011	40-80 breeding pairs	B2
Cyprus Wheatear Oenanthe cypriaca	LC	breeding	2005-2011	50-249 breeding pairs	B3
Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia	LC	breeding	2005-2011	50-80 breeding pairs	B3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2012) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2012. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2013	not assessed	high	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	population	poor

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2000	Vouni Panagias	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	100
2008	Vouni Panagias	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
2014	Troodos Range to South West Shores	Περιοχές Εξαιρετικής Φυσικής Καλλονής	85

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Other urban and industrial areas, Perennial crops, orchards and groves	94
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	5
Forest	Native coniferous woodland	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Vouni Panagias (Cyprus). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/vouni-panagias-iba-cyprus on 23/11/2024.