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 229 to 240 of 491 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 -
BirdBar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
Sulaymaniyah Near Threatened -
FishBarbell
Luciobarbus barbulus
Sulaymaniyah Not Evaluated -
BirdBarn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
Sulaymaniyah Least Concern -
BirdBearded Vulture (Lammergeier)
Gypaetus barbatus
Duhok Near Threatened -
MammalBeech Marten
Martes foina
Sulaymaniyah Least Concern -
FishBighead carp
Hypophthalmichthys nobilis
Sulaymaniyah Not Evaluated -
FishBinni
Mesopotamichthys sharpeyi
Duhok Vulnerable -
Reptile or amphibianBlack Desert Cobra
Walterinnesia aegyptia
Erbil Least Concern -
BirdBlack Francolin
Francolinus francolinus
Sulaymaniyah Not assessed -
Fishblack spotted bleak, Tigris bleak
Alburnus caeruleus
Sulaymaniyah Least Concern
