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 193 to 204 of 372 species
Sorted A to Z
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FishAsian stinging catfish, fossil cat
Heteropneustes fossilis
Sulaymaniyah Least Concern -
Reptile or amphibianBaluch rock gecko, Arabian desert gecko, Southern tuberculated Gecko
Bunopus tuberculatus
Sulaymaniyah Least Concern -
BirdBarn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
Sulaymaniyah Least Concern -
MammalBeech Marten
Martes foina
Sulaymaniyah Least Concern -
Reptile or amphibianBlack Desert Cobra
Walterinnesia aegyptia
Erbil Least Concern -
Fishblack spotted bleak, Tigris bleak
Alburnus caeruleus
Sulaymaniyah Least Concern -
BirdBlack Stork
Ciconia nigra
Erbil Least Concern -
BirdBlack-headed Bunting
Emberiza melanocephala
Sulaymaniyah Least Concern -
BirdBlack-throated Thrush
Turdus atrogularis
Erbil Least Concern -
BirdBlack-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
Erbil Least Concern -
MammalBlanford's fox
Vulpes cana
Sulaymaniyah Least Concern -
BirdBlue Rock Thrush
Monticola solitarius
Sulaymaniyah Least Concern