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 397 to 408 of 491 species
Sorted A to Z
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Reptile or amphibianMesopotamian spiny tailed lizard
Saara loricata
Erbil Least Concern -
FishMesopotamian sucker catfish, Kurdistan catfish
Glyptothorax kurdistanicus
Sulaymaniyah Data Deficient -
MammalMiddle East Badger
Meles canescens
Erbil Near Threatened -
MammalMiddle East Blind Mole Rat
Nannospalax ehrenbergi
Sulaymaniyah Data Deficient -
FishMolavi Loach
Paracobitis molavii
Halabja Not Evaluated -
BirdMoustached Warbler
Acrocephalus melanopogon
Sulaymaniyah Least Concern -
Reptile or amphibianNarrow-striped Dwarf Racer
Eirenis decemlineatus
Erbil Least Concern -
MammalNatterer’s bat
Myotis nattereri
Erbil Least Concern -
Reptile or amphibianNesterov’s desert monitor Zagrosian monitor lizard
Varanus nesterovi
Halabja Not Evaluated -
BirdNorthern Raven
Corvus corax
Duhok Least Concern -
BirdNorthern Wheatear
Oenanthe oenanthe
Erbil Least Concern -
MammalPallid Long-fingered Bat
Miniopterus pallidus
Sulaymaniyah Near Threatened
