Species atlas · Kurdistan Region
Species
Profiles of the animals and plants documented across the four governorates, with conservation status and where each was recorded.
844 Animal species
1,408 Plant species
By group
Conservation status Animals
- Critically Endangered4
- Endangered5
- Vulnerable21
- Near Threatened27
- Least Concern372
- Not assessed62
30 threatened species, including Kurdistan newt and Siberian Stonechat
By governorate
- 513 Erbil
- 341 Duhok
- 975 Sulaymaniyah
- 70 Halabja
Showing 25 to 36 of 37 species
Sorted A to Z
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FishSharpbelly, wild carp
Hemiculter leucisculus
Sulaymaniyah Least Concern -
FishSilver carp, silverfin
Hypophthalmichthys molitrix
Sulaymaniyah Near Threatened -
FishTabin blind loach, Tabin blind cave fish
Eidinemacheilus proudlovei
Sulaymaniyah Not Evaluated -
FishTigris asp, Mesopotamian asp
Leuciscus vorax
Sulaymaniyah Least Concern -
FishTigris scraper
Capoeta umbla
Sulaymaniyah Least Concern -
FishVelioğlu's spirlin
Alburnoides velioglui
Sulaymaniyah Not Evaluated -
FishWels catfish
Silurus glanis
Sulaymaniyah Least Concern -
FishZarzianian loach
Oxynoemacheilus zarzianus
Sulaymaniyah Not Evaluated -
FishZugzug catfish
Mystus pelusius
Sulaymaniyah Least Concern -
Fishkisslip himri, Kosswig's barb
Carasobarbus kosswigi
Sulaymaniyah Vulnerable -
Fish
Mangar, pike barbel
Luciobarbus esocinus
Sulaymaniyah Vulnerable -
Fish
Mesopotamian pike chub
Squalius lepidus
Sulaymaniyah Least Concern