Species
Animals and plants documented across Kurdistan.
This rock specialist is part of Kurdistan’s cliff and gorge birdlife, often noticed by its loud calls and bold...
A striking migrant vulture and globally threatened species, making it a priority bird for public awareness and...
Photo 12. Physical characteristics: A very small, colourful bird with a bright blue crown, wings and tail, a...
A large social vulture that gives Kurdistan’s mountains strong wilderness value and attracts attention from bi...
A culturally recognizable bird with a striking crest and local names linked to regional stories and traditiona...
An intelligent, colorful corvid of oak woods and orchards, culturally associated with alert calls and woodland...
A familiar black-and-white corvid around towns, farms and trees, often prominent in folklore because of its in...
Photo 36. Physical characteristics: A compact bird with blue-grey upperparts, warm buff to pale orange underp...
A colorful migrant that brings strong public interest to sandy banks, orchards and open countryside in spring...
A beautiful songbird of gardens, orchards and weedy fields, valued for its color, song and cultural familiarit...
A brownish bird of open scrub and woodland edges, culturally memorable for its unusual song and nocturnal habi...
A powerful mountain raptor and cultural symbol of strength, freedom and wild highlands. Poisoning, shooting, a...
Photo 52. Physical characteristics: One of the world’s largest and most conspicuous waterbirds. Its most dist...
A charismatic wetland bird whose flocks create strong public interest and pride in lakes, marshes and saltwate...
A graceful stream bird that brings color and movement to mountain brooks, canals and riversides. Threats inclu...
A close companion of people in towns and villages, making it a useful species for children’s nature education...
This species occurs in steppe habitats, foothills, and low-elevation mountainous areas of the Kurdistan Region...
A very unique species of newt endemic to the Zagros Mountain Range of Southern and Eastern Kurdistan. In the K...
A diurnal species that is most commonly observed in the morning while basking or sheltering beneath rocks. It...
A regional identity species of rocky and dry slopes of the mountains, valuable for promoting Kurdistan's disti...