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GR029 Gallikos estuary and Kalohori lagoon
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Criteria: A1, A4i, B1i, B3, C1, C2, C6
Coordinates:
40o 38' N
22o 51' E
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Altitude: 0-5 m
Area: 1800 ha
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Site Description
A coastal delta, with salt and freshwater marshes and lagoons.
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Habitats: Artificial landscapes (5%, Arable land; Other urban and industrial areas), Sea/marine area (20%, Sea inlets and coastal features), Shrubland (5%, Scrub), Wetland (70%, Coastal lagoons; Mud flats and sand flats; Salt marshes; Standing brackish and salt water; Standing freshwater; Water fringe vegetation)
Land use: agriculture, fisheries/aquaculture, urban/industrial/transport
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Protection status
National Partial International None
Part of IBA covered by protected area (details unknown).27800 ha of the IBA are covered by Special Protection Area (SPA) DELTA AXIOU-LOUDIA-ALIAKMONA-ALYKI KITROUS(GR1220010).
Birds
This is an important area for breeding, passage and wintering waterbirds and other passage migrants. Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria: Pelecanus crispus (passage), Aythya nyroca (passage), Aquila clanga (wintering).
| Species | Season | Year | Min | Max | Acc | Criteria |
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| Numenius tenuirostris Slender-billed Curlew | passage | 1988 | 1 | - | good | A1, C1
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| Himantopus himantopus Black-winged Stilt | breeding | 1996 | 100 | - | good | B1i, C2
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| Recurvirostra avosetta Pied Avocet | breeding | 1996 | - | 80 | good | B3, C6
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| Glareola pratincola Collared Pratincole | breeding | 1996 | 10 | 40 | average | B1i, C2
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| Larus melanocephalus Mediterranean Gull | breeding | 1991 | 20 | 50 | average | C2
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| Phalacrocorax pygmeus Pygmy Cormorant | winter | 1989 | 10 | 400 | good | A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2
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Conservation issues
Rubbish dumping (`Other' threats, above) and infilling threaten the important Kalohori lagoon which is also threatened by effluent discharges from nearby industries. The centre of the wetland is also threatened by the expansion of livestock farms. There are plans for the construction of a racecourse in the area.
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Threats:
construction/impact of dyke/dam/barrage (high), disturbance to birds (unknown), filling-in of wetlands (high), industrialization/urbanization (high), infrastructure (unknown), other (high), unsustainable exploitation (high)
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Source:
Copyright © Hellenic Ornithological Society
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