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Indicator: List of threatened species by group in terrestrial ecosystems

The World Conservation Union (IUCN) conducts periodic assessments of species and provides information on them on its on-line Red List (www.iucnredlist.org). There is almost no information on threatened flora species but a variety of fauna classes are included. The following is a list of the total number of Iraqi species that have been assessed by species group and the total number of species that have been assessed with the status of Critically Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable, Near-threatened or Extinct.

IUCN Red List of Critically Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable, Near-threatened & Extinct Terrestrial Species of Iraq

Insects
total species	19
Conservation concern species	4
Birds
total species	293
Conservation concern species	21
Mammals
total species	75
Conservation concern species	15
Reptiles
total species	23
Conservation concern species	3
Source: IUCN, 2010 Red List of Threatened Species

NI has done extensive birds survey work and has developed a provisional list of the birds of Iraq as well has updated information on each bird's conservation status, breeding, and local status in Iraq. A list of conservation concern species is provided below and an additional list of endemic or endemic race species follows (please note these may contain freshwater and marine species).

Conservation Concern Bird Species of Iraq (Includes Terrestrial, Freshwater & Marine Species)

Common Name	Latin Name	Conservation Status	Iraq Status	Breeding Status
Caspian Snowcock	Tetraogallus caspius	Conservation Concern (CC)	Status uncertain: Apparently Resident
Lesser White-fronted Goose	Anser erythropus	Globally Threatened (GT), Conservation Concern (CC)	Winter visitor
Red-breasted Goose	Branta ruficollis	Globally Threatened (GT), Conservation Concern (CC)	Rare winter visitor
Falcated Duck	Anas falcata	Globally Threatened (GT), Conservation Concern (CC)	Vagrant
Marbled Duck	Marmaronetta angustirostris	Conservation Concern (CC)	Resident; Winter visitor	Confirmed
Red-crested Pochard	Netta rufina	Conservation Concern (CC)	Resident; Winter visitor & Passage migrant	Confirmed
Ferruginous Duck	Aythya nyroca	Globally Threatened (GT), Conservation Concern (CC)	Resident; Winter visitor & passage migrant	Confirmed
White-headed Duck	Oxyura leucocephala	Globally Threatened (GT), Conservation Concern (CC)	Winter visitor
Little Grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis	Conservation Concern (CC), Endemic Race (EndR)	Resident (only endemic race); Winter visitor.	Confirmed
Greater Flamingo	Phoenicopterus roseus	Conservation Concern (CC)	Winter visitor & Passage migrant
Black Stork	Ciconia nigra	Conservation Concern (CC)	Passage migrant
African Sacred Ibis	Threskiornis aethiopicus	Conservation Concern (CC)	Resident	Confirmed
Northern Bald Ibis	Geronticus eremita	Globally Threatened (GT), Conservation Concern (CC)	Former passage migrant; no records since 1920s
Eurasian Spoonbill	Platalea leucorodia	Conservation Concern (CC)	Resident; Breeding summer visitor; Passage Migrant	Confirmed
Eurasian Bittern	Botaurus stellaris	Conservation Concern (CC)	Resident; Winter vistor & Passage migrant	Confirmed
Dalmatian Pelican	Pelecanus crispus	Globally Threatened (GT), Conservation Concern (CC)	Uncommon winter visitor
Pygmy Cormorant	Phalacrocorax pygmeus	Conservation Concern (CC)	Resident; Winter visitor	Confirmed
African Darter	Anhinga rufa	Conservation Concern (CC)	Resident	Confirmed
Red Kite	Milvus milvus	Globally Threatened (GT), Conservation Concern (CC)	Vagrant
Pallas's Fish Eagle	Haliaeetus leucoryphus	Globally Threatened (GT), Conservation Concern (CC)	Former winter visitor, not recorded since 1940s
Lammergeier	Gypaetus barbatus	Conservation Concern (CC)	Winter visitor; may breed	Possible
Egyptian Vulture	Neophron percnopterus	Globally Threatened (GT), Conservation Concern (CC)	Resident; Breeding summer visitor; Passage migrant.	Confirmed
Cinereous Vulture	Aegypius monachus	Globally Threatened (GT), Conservation Concern (CC)	Rare winter visitor
Bateleur	Terathopius ecaudatus	globally Threatened (GT), Conservation Concern (CC)	Vagrant
Pallid Harrier	Circus macrourus	Globally Threatened (GT), Conservation Concern (CC)	Winter visitor & Passage migrant
Levant Sparrowhawk	Accipiter brevipes	Conservation Concern (CC)	Breeding summer visitor; Passage migrant	Confirmed
Greater Spotted Eagle	Aquila clanga	Globally Threatened (GT), Conservation Concern (CC)	Winter visitor & Passage migrant
Steppe Eagle	Aquila nipalensis	Conservation Concern (CC)	Winter visitor & Passage migrant
Eastern Imperial Eagle	Aquila heliaca	Globally Threatened (GT), Conservation Concern (CC)	Winter visitor & Passage migrant
Golden Eagle	Aquila chrysaetos	Conservation Concern (CC)	Resident; Winter visitor	Confirmed
Lesser Kestrel	Falco naumanni	Globally Threatened (GT), Conservation Concern (CC)	Breeding summer visitor; Passage migrant.	Confirmed
Lanner Falcon	Falco biarmicus	Conservation Concern (CC)	Vagrant
Saker Falcon	Falco cherrug	Globally Threatened (GT), Conservation Concern (CC)	Rare resident; rare winter visitor; formerly commoner.
Red-footed Falcon	Falco vespertinus	Globally Threatened (GT), Conservation Concern (CC)
Lesser Spotted Eagle	Aquila pomarina	Globally Threatened (GT), Conservation Concern (CC)
Great Bustard	Otis tarda	Globally Threatened (GT), Conservation Concern (CC)	Status uncertain; may be resident (old breeding records); Winter visitor
Macqueen's Bustard	Chlamydotis macqueenii	Globally Threatened (GT), Conservation Concern (CC)	Winter visitor; may breed (bred formerly)	Possible
Little Bustard	Tetrax tetrax	Globally Threatened (GT), Conservation Concern (CC)	Status uncertain; flocks reported in 1940s but none before or since.
Corncrake	Crex crex	Globally Threatened (GT), Conservation Concern (CC)	Passage migrant
Purple Swamphen	Porphyrio porphyrio	Conservation Concern (CC)	Resident	Confirmed
Common Crane	Grus grus	Conservation Concern (CC)	Winter visitor & Passage migrant
Crab-Plover	Dromas ardeola	Conservation Concern (CC)	Resident	Confirmed
Spur-winged Lapwing	Vanellus spinosus	Conservation Concern (CC)	Resident; Passage migrant.	Confirmed
Sociable Lapwing	Vanellus gregarius	Globally Threatened (GT), Conservation Concern (CC)	Rare passage migrant; some may winter; formerly very common
White-tailed Lapwing	Vanellus leucurus	Conservation Concern (CC)	Resident; probably winter visitor	Confirmed
Great Snipe	Gallinago media	Globally Threatened (GT), Conservation Concern (CC)	Rare passage migrant
Black-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa	Globally Threatened (GT), Conservation Concern (CC)	Winter visitor & Passage migrant
Slender-billed Curlew	Numenius tenuirostris	Globally Threatened (GT), Conservation Concern (CC)	Last recorded in 1979. May be extinct.
Broad-billed Sandpiper	Limicola falcinellus	Conservation Concern (CC)	Winter visitor & Passage migrant
Cream-coloured Courser	Cursorius cursor	Conservation Concern (CC)	Resident or migrant breeder	Confirmed
Collared Pratincole	Glareola pratincola	Conservation Concern (CC)	Breeding summer visitor; Passage migrant	Confirmed
Black-winged Pratincole	Glareola nordmanni	Globally Threatened (GT), Conservation Concern (CC)	Status uncertain; Passage migrant but apparantly has bred in 1920s.	Possible
Slender-billed Gull	Chroicocephalus genei	Conservation Concern (CC)	Resident; Breeding summer visitor; Winter visitor & passage migrant.	Confirmed
Armenian Gull	Larus armenicus	Conservation Concern (CC)	Winter visitor
Caspian Tern	Hydroprogne caspia	Conservation Concern (CC)	Winter visitor & Passage migrant; may breed
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse	Pterocles alchata	Conservation Concern (CC)	Resident.	Confirmed
Spotted Sandgrouse	Pterocles senegallus	Conservation Concern (CC)	Resident.	Confirmed
European Turtle Dove	Streptopelia turtur	Conservation Concern (CC)	Breeding summer visitor; passage migrant.	Confirmed
European Roller	Coracias garrulus	Globally Threatened (GT), Conservation Concern (CC)	Breeding summer visitor; Passage migrant	Confirmed
Masked Shrike	Lanius nubicus	Conservation Concern (CC)	Breeding summer visitor; Passage migrant.	Confirmed
Mesopotamian Crow	Corvus capellanus	Conservation Concern (CC), Endemic Race (EndR)	Resident	Confirmed
Hypocolius	Hypocolius ampelinus	Conservation Concern (CC), Endemic (End)	Breeding summer visitor	Confirmed
Sombre Tit	Poecile lugubris	Conservation Concern (CC)	Resident	Confirmed
Temminck's Lark	Eremophila bilopha	Conservation Concern (CC)	Resident	Confirmed
White-eared Bulbul	Pycnonotus leucotis	Conservation Concern (CC)	Resident	Confirmed
Basra Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus griseldis	Globally Threatened (GT), Conservation Concern (CC), Endemic	Breeding summer visitor	Confirmed
Iraq Babbler	Turdoides altirostris	Conservation Concern (CC), Endemic (End)	Resident	Confirmed
Western Rock Nuthatch	Sitta neumayer	Conservation Concern (CC)	Resident	Confirmed
Eastern Rock Nuthatch	Sitta tephronota	Conservation Concern (CC)	Resident	Confirmed
White-throated Robin	Irania gutturalis	Conservation Concern (CC)	Breeding summer visitor; Passage migrant.	Confirmed
Red-tailed Wheatear	Oenanthe chrysopygia	Conservation Concern (CC)	Passage migrant; may breed	Possible
Finsch’s Wheatear	Oenanthe finschii	Conservation Concern (CC)	Resident; Winter visitor	Confirmed
Hume’s Wheatear	Oenanthe albonigra	Conservation Concern (CC)	Rare resident; probably breeds	Probable
Semi-collared Flycatcher	Ficedula semitorquata	Globally Threatened (GT), Conservation Concern (CC)	Passage migrant; may breed.	Possible
Dead Sea Sparrow	Passer moabiticus	Conservation Concern (CC)	Resident; Breeding summer visitor.	Confirmed
Pale Rockfinch	Carpospiza brachydactyla	Conservation Concern (CC)	Breeding summer visitor; Passage migrant	Confirmed
Yellow-throated Sparrow	Gymnoris xanthocollis	Conservation Concern (CC)	Breeding summer visitor; Passaage migrant.	Confirmed
Radde's Accentor	Prunella ocularis	Conservation Concern (CC)	Rare breeding summer visitor; may winter	Confirmed
Smyrna Bunting	Emberiza semenowi	Globally Threatened (GT), Conservation Concern (CC)	Breeding summer visitor; Passage migrant	Confirmed

Endemic & Endemic race bird species of Iraq (Includes Terrestrial & Freshwater Species)

Common Name	Latin Name	Conservation Status	Iraq Status	Breeding Status
Little Grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis	Conservation Concern (CC), Endemic Race (EndR)	Resident (only endemic race); Winter visitor.	Confirmed
Mesopotamian Crow	Corvus capellanus	Conservation Concern (CC), Endemic Race (EndR)	Resident	Confirmed
Hypocolius	Hypocolius ampelinus	Conservation Concern (CC), Endemic (End)	Breeding summer visitor	Confirmed
Basra Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus griseldis	Globally Threatened (GT), Conservation Concern (CC), Endemic	Breeding summer visitor	Confirmed
Iraq Babbler	Turdoides altirostris	Conservation Concern (CC), Endemic (End)	Resident	Confirmed

Available information &/or datasets:

Information/Data Sources:

KBA Project (2005-2010) and other studies
IUCN Red List

Wildfinder Database

Flora of Iraq Project

Nature Iraq, Ministry of Environment & Iraqi Universities

World Conservation Union (IUCN)

World Wildlife Fund

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