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GR133 Agios Efstratios island
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Criteria: A4ii, B1iii, B2, C2
Coordinates:
39o 31' N
25o 0' E
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Altitude: 0-303 m
Area: 4600 ha
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Site Description
A remote island and the surrounding rocky islets in the northern Aegean Sea. The dominant vegetation is phrygana.
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Habitats: Artificial landscapes (5%, Other urban and industrial areas; Perennial crops, orchards and groves), Coastline/rocky areas (20%, Rock stacks and islets; Sea cliffs and rocky shores), Forest (26%, Broadleaved deciduous woodland), Shrubland (60%, Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis), Wetland (5%, Sand dunes and beaches)
Land use: agriculture (85%), not utilised (15%)
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Protection status
National None International None
Birds
An important site for breeding seabirds, raptors and for passage migrants. Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria: Falco naumanni (passage).
| Species | Season | Year | Min | Max | Acc | Criteria |
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| Falco eleonorae Eleonora's Falcon | breeding | 1995 | 70 | - | average | A4ii, B1iii, B2, C2
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Conservation issues
The main threats come from grazing of scrub and forest and from deliberate burning of the phrygana. The area is a candidate SAC.
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Threats:
agricultural intensification/expansion (high), burning of vegetation (unknown), forest grazing (high), recreation/tourism (low), unsustainable exploitation (low)
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Source:
Copyright © Hellenic Ornithological Society
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