Spilaio Nestoros

Higher Geography
Region: Peloponnisos,
Sub-Region: Messinia,
Municipality: Pylou - Nestoros,
Closest Settlement: Petrochori
Cave type
Natural
Protection status
  • GR2550004 - Limnothalassa Pylou (divari) Kai Nisos Sfaktiria, Agios Dimitrios (Special Area of Conservation): Law 3937/2011 (OGG/Α 60/31.03.2011), Joint Ministerial Decision 50743/2017 (OGG 4432/B/15.12.17). Check site’s Standard Data Form
  • GR2550008 - Limnothalassa Gialovas and Nisos Sfaktiria (Special Protection Area): Law 3937/2011 (OGG/Α 60/31.03.2011), Joint Ministerial Decision 50743/2017 (OGG 4432/B/15.12.17). Check site’s Standard Data Form
  • K501 - Limni Ntivari-Valtos (Pylou-Romanou) [Wildlife Refuge]: OGG 690/Β/1996
Fauna
  • Pipistrellus nathusii Keyserling & Bläsius, 1839, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Vespertilionidae
  • Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Schreber, 1774), Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Rhinolophidae
  • Rhinolophus hipposideros (André, 1797), Hanak et al. 2001, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Rhinolophidae
Species references
  • Georgiakakis P, Kafkaletou Diez A, Salvarina I, Benda P, Billington G, Dietz C, Billington J, Cove D, Davison S, Cooke M, Papadatou E. 2023. The Bats of Greece: An Updated Review of Their Distribution, Ecology and Conservation. Animals. 2023; 13(15):2529. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13152529
  • Hanak, V., Benda, P., Ruedi, M., Homcek, I. & Sofianidou, T. 2001. Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of the Eastern Mediterranean. Part 2. New records and review of distribution of bats in Greece. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae, 65: 279-346.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Nestoros, Petrochori, Pylou - Nestoros, Peloponnisos. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Cave data updated 03.05.2018, Accessed 09.03.2026