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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
Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan	VU	passage	2007-2012	1,250-6,000 individuals	A1, A4ii, B1ii, C1, C2

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1995	Lesvos: Dytiki Chersonisos - Apolithomeno Dasos	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	6
2017	Thalassia Periochi Dytikis Lesvou	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Western Lesvos marine area (Greece). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/western-lesvos-marine-area-iba-greece on 22/11/2024.