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 1 to 12 of 48 species
Sorted A to Z
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FishAbu Mullet
Planiliza abu
Sulaymaniyah Least Concern -
FishAsian stinging catfish, fossil cat
Heteropneustes fossilis
Sulaymaniyah Least Concern -
FishBarbell
Luciobarbus barbulus
Sulaymaniyah Not Evaluated -
FishBighead carp
Hypophthalmichthys nobilis
Sulaymaniyah Not Evaluated -
FishBinni
Mesopotamichthys sharpeyi
Duhok Vulnerable -
Fishblack spotted bleak, Tigris bleak
Alburnus caeruleus
Sulaymaniyah Least Concern -
Fishbrond-snout, Mesopotamian nase
Chondrostoma regium
Sulaymaniyah Least Concern -
FishChoman loach
Oxynoemacheilus chomanicus
Sulaymaniyah Not Evaluated -
FishChoman stone loach or Kurdistan stone loach
Oxynoemacheilus kurdistanicus
Sulaymaniyah Not Evaluated -
FishCommon carp
Cyprinus carpio
Sulaymaniyah Least Concern -
FishCommon chub
Squalius cephalus
Sulaymaniyah Least Concern -
FishCrucian carp (Invasive species)
Carassius carassius
Erbil Least Concern