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 253 to 264 of 499 species
Sorted A to Z
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FishKais kingfish, smallmouth lotak
Cyprinion kais
Sulaymaniyah Least Concern -
Reptile or amphibian
Keeled rock gecko, rough-tailed gecko
Cyrtopodion scabrum
Erbil Least Concern -
Fish
Kersin barbel or Berzem
Luciobarbus kersin
Erbil Vulnerable -
Reptile or amphibian
Khuzestan Dwarf gecko
Microgecko helenae
Sulaymaniyah Data Deficient -
Fish
kisslip himri, Kosswig's barb
Carasobarbus kosswigi
Sulaymaniyah Vulnerable -
Reptile or amphibian
Kotschy's gecko
Mediodactylus kotschyi
Duhok Least Concern -
Mammal
Kuhl’s Pipistrelle
Pipistrellus kuhlii
Erbil Least Concern -
Reptile or amphibian
Kurdistan gecko Lorestan gecko
Hemidactylus romeshkanicus
Sulaymaniyah Not Evaluated -
Reptile or amphibian
Kurdistan Lizard
Timon kurdistanicus
Sulaymaniyah Not assessed -
Reptile or amphibianKurdistan newt
Neurergus derjugini
Halabja Critically Endangered -
Reptile or amphibianKurdistan viper, Armenian Mountain viper
Montivipera raddei
Sulaymaniyah Least Concern -
BirdKurdistan Wheatear
Oenanthe xanthoprymna
Erbil Near Threatened
