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The island is important for bird<\/strong> life<\/strong>, as it is located on a large migratory road.<\/p>\n Among the predators here live spizaetei<\/strong> (Hieraaetus fasciatus), mavropetrites<\/strong>, (Falco eleonorae), aetogerakines<\/strong> (Buteo rufinus), gerakines<\/strong> (Buteo buteo), petrites<\/strong> (Falco peregrinus), hrisogeraka<\/strong> (Faucon biarmique), kirkinezia<\/strong> (Falco naumanni), and varhokirkineza<\/strong> (Falco tinnunculus).<\/p>\n In the phrygana the island perdika<\/strong> (partridge) is still found, the presence of korakas<\/strong> (crow) and kokkinokaliakoudas<\/strong> (red-billed chough) in the mountains is frequent, while in the wetland of Tristoma there are many parydatia<\/strong> (waders).<\/p>\n The area is significant for seabirds<\/strong>, such as the rare Aegean gull<\/strong> (larus audouinii), the thalassokorakas<\/strong> (phalacrocorax aristotelis desmarestii), the artemis<\/strong> (calonectris diomedea) and the michos<\/strong> (puffinus yelkouan).<\/p>\n Other birds of the island are trigoni<\/strong> (streptopelia turtur), agrioeristero<\/strong> (wild pigeon), tito<\/strong> (tyto alba), koukouvagia<\/strong> (athene noctua), gionis<\/strong> (otus scops), gidovizi<\/strong> (caprimulgus europaeus), dendrokelada<\/strong> (anthus trivialis), koridallos<\/strong> (alaudidae), stahtara<\/strong> (apus apus), ohrostahtara<\/strong> (apus pallidus), the rare ammopetroklis<\/strong> (oenanthe isabellina), stahtopetroklis<\/strong> (oenanthe oenanthe), asprokolina<\/strong> (oenanthe hispanica), galazokotsifas<\/strong> (monticola solitarius), mavrolemis<\/strong> (saxicola torquata), mavrotsirovakos<\/strong> (sylvia melanocephala), ageotsirovakos<\/strong> (sylvia rueppelli), ohrostritsida<\/strong> (hippolais pallida), aetomahos<\/strong> (lanius collurio), kokkinokefalas<\/strong> (lanius senator), sikofagos<\/strong> (oriolus oriolus), karderina<\/strong> (carduelis carduelis), floros<\/strong> (carduelis chloris), faneto<\/strong> (carduelis cannabina), fryganotsihlono<\/strong> (emberiza caesia), abelourgos<\/strong> (emberiza melanocephala) and tsiftas<\/strong> (miliaria calandra).<\/p>\n Karpathos occupies a unique place in the world because of two endemic amphibians that are unique here.<\/p>\n Kochylina<\/strong> is a salamander living in North Karpathos and the frog<\/strong> of Karpathos is a small frog of the stream. Both species are found in the Red Book of Endangered Vertebrates of Greece and are strictly protected by international laws.<\/p>\n The herpetopod<\/strong> includes the endemic<\/strong> kirtodachtylos<\/strong> (mediodactylus kotschyi), avlefaros<\/strong> (ablepharus kitaibelii), liakoni<\/strong> (chalcides ocellatus), samiamidi<\/strong> (hemidactylus turcicus), ofisopa<\/strong> (ophisops elegans), mavros efios<\/strong> (dolichophis jugularis), thamnofido<\/strong> (eirenis modestus), agiofido<\/strong> (telescopus fallax) and nerofido<\/strong> (natrix natrix), and the sea turtle kareta<\/strong> is common in the seas.<\/p>\n From the mammals in Karpathos there is an undisputed protagonist, the Mediterranean monk seal<\/strong>.<\/p>\n From the rest of the mammals here live only hedgehogs<\/strong>, hares<\/strong>, European rabbits<\/strong>, some species of small mice<\/strong> and bats<\/strong>, such as rhinolofos<\/strong> (rhinolofus vlasii), pyrromyotida<\/strong> (myotis emarginatus), vounonyhterida<\/strong> (Hypsugo savii), nanonyhterida<\/strong> (pipistrellus pipistrellus) and nyhtonomos<\/strong> (tadarida teniotis).<\/p>\n There are many rare and endemic invertebrates on the island, such as land crab<\/strong>, cricket<\/strong>, grasshopper<\/strong>, butterfly<\/strong>, jizzica<\/strong>, isopoda<\/strong>, coleopterus<\/strong> and snails<\/strong>.<\/p>\n In the sea area around Karpathos there are large areas of posidonia<\/strong> oceanica<\/strong> meadows, while the bottom holds even good numbers of lobsters<\/strong> despite overfishing.<\/p>\n