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 48 species
Sorted A to Z
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FishMolavi Loach
Paracobitis molavii
Halabja Not Evaluated -
FishRed garra, doctor fish, nibble fish
Garra rufa
Sulaymaniyah Least Concern -
FishSellal bleak
Alburnus sellal
Sulaymaniyah Least Concern -
FishShabout
Arabibarbus grypus
Sulaymaniyah Vulnerable -
FishSharpbelly, wild carp
Hemiculter leucisculus
Sulaymaniyah Least Concern -
FishSilver carp, silverfin
Hypophthalmichthys molitrix
Sulaymaniyah Near Threatened -
FishSirvan two-spot loach
Oxynoemacheilus hanae
Halabja Not Evaluated -
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