Species atlas · Kurdistan Region
Species
Profiles of the animals and plants documented across the four governorates, with conservation status and where each was recorded.
499 Animal species
1,409 Plant species
By group
Conservation status Animals
- Critically Endangered6
- Endangered3
- Vulnerable21
- Near Threatened30
- Least Concern377
- Not assessed62
30 threatened species, including Kurdistan newt and Middle East Blind Mole Rat
By governorate
- 519 Erbil
- 344 Duhok
- 975 Sulaymaniyah
- 70 Halabja
Showing 325 to 336 of 499 species
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FishMesopotamian sucker catfish, Kurdistan catfish
Glyptothorax kurdistanicus
Sulaymaniyah Data Deficient -
Mammal
Middle East Badger
Meles canescens
Erbil Not Evaluated -
MammalMiddle East Blind Mole Rat
Nannospalax ehrenbergi
Sulaymaniyah Critically Endangered -
Reptile or amphibian
Middle East tree frog, Savigny’s tree frog
Hyla savignyi
Erbil Least Concern -
Bird
Middle Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos medius
Sulaymaniyah Least Concern -
Bird
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorus
Erbil Least Concern -
Fish
Molavi Loach
Paracobitis molavii
Halabja Not Evaluated -
Bird
Montagu’s Harrier
Circus pygargus
Erbil Least Concern -
Bird
Moustached Warbler
Acrocephalus melanopogon
Sulaymaniyah Least Concern -
Reptile or amphibian
Narrow-striped Dwarf Racer
Eirenis decemlineatus
Erbil Least Concern -
Mammal
Natterer’s bat
Myotis nattereri
Erbil Least Concern -
Reptile or amphibian
Nesterov’s desert monitor Zagrosian monitor lizard
Varanus nesterovi
Halabja Not Evaluated
