Key Biodiversity Areas

Southwestern Lesvos and Petrified forest (1131)
Greece, Europe

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesSylvia melanocephalaSardinian WarblerLR/lc2000link-icon
AvesButeo rufinusLR/lc2000link-icon
AvesOenanthe hispanicaBlack-eared WheatearLR/lc2000link-icon
AvesEmberiza caesiaCretzschmar's BuntingLR/lc2000link-icon
AvesFalco naumanniLesser KestrelVU2000link-icon
AvesSitta neumayerWestern Rock-nuthatchLR/lc2000link-icon
AvesLanius nubicusMasked ShrikeLR/lc2000link-icon
AvesSylvia cantillansSubalpine WarblerLR/lc2000link-icon
AvesEmberiza cineraceaCinereous BuntingLR/nt2000link-icon
AvesCircaetus gallicusLR/lc2000link-icon
AvesFalco eleonoraeEleonora's FalconLR/lc2000link-icon
AvesEmberiza melanocephalaBlack-headed BuntingLR/lc2000link-icon
AvesDendrocopos mediusMiddle Spotted WoodpeckerLR/lc2000link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Southwestern Lesvos and Petrified forest. Extracted from the World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas. Developed by the Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership: BirdLife International, IUCN, American Bird Conservancy, Amphibian Survival Alliance, Conservation International, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, Global Environment Facility, Re:wild, NatureServe, Rainforest Trust, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, World Wildlife Fund and Wildlife Conservation Society. Downloaded from https://keybiodiversityareas.org/ on Dec 15, 2025.