Iraq

Coastline	58 km
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)	695 km²
Marine IBAs	1

Total	Major seabird families
Diomedeidae Albatrosses	0	Spheniscidae Penguins	0	Procellariidae Petrels and shearwaters	0	Phalacrocoracidae Cormorants	1
Hydrobatidae Storm-petrels	0	Alcidae Auks	0	Laridae Gulls and terns	15	Anatidae Ducks, geese and swans	4

IUCN Red List Status

Extinct	0
Extinct in the Wild	0
Globally Threatened	0 (0^th)
% threatened	0% (0^th)
Critically Endangered	0
Endangered	0
Vulnerable	0
Near Threatened	0
Least Concern	24
Data Deficient	0

The numbers in brackets refer to the country's rank when compared to other countries and territories globally.

Iraq at a glance

Capital

Baghdad

Area

438,317 km²

BirdLife Partner

Nature Iraq

Species
Total number of birds	375
Globally threatened birds	17
Country endemics	0
Important Bird & Biodiversity Areas
Number of IBAs	74
Total IBA area	3,039,947 ha
Endemic Bird Areas
Number of EBAs	1

Recommended Citation
BirdLife International (2021) Country profile: Iraq. Available from http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/country/iraq. Checked: 2021-01-24

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