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Belgium

Europe · Western Europe

Total Species
12026
Threatened
1370
CR + EN + VU
Population
11 589 616
Area
30 528 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 261
Endangered 469
Vulnerable 640
Near Threatened 732
Least Concern 4757
Data Deficient 359
Not Evaluated 4522
Extinct 178

Species by Taxonomic Group

Animalia 5675
Plantae 3894
Fungi 2229
Protozoa 121
Chromista 104
Bacteria 3

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Belgium

mouflon

Ovis aries

Not Evaluated

Hornbeam midget

Phyllonorycter tenerella

Least Concern

Beet

Beta vulgaris

Vulnerable

mountain alison

Alyssum montanum

Not Evaluated

Saltern Marble

Bactra robustana

Vulnerable

birds wing

Dypterygia scabriuscula

Least Concern

sand digger shrimp

Bathyporeia pelagica

Least Concern

marsh dagger

Acronicta strigosa

Least Concern

Onionweed

Asphodelus fistulosus

Not Evaluated

Mountain brome

Bromus carinatus

Not Evaluated

Anthostomella tomicoides

Not Evaluated

Hover fly

Cheilosia pagana

Least Concern

Alpine Pondweed

Potamogeton alpinus

Critically Endangered

Horseradish flea beetle

Phyllotreta armoraciae

Least Concern

mountain clover

Trifolium montanum

Vulnerable

feathered gothic

Tholera decimalis

Least Concern

Honeydew moth

Cryptoblabes gnidiella

Not Evaluated

terrestrial beach hopper

Talitroides alluaudi

Not Evaluated

scarce hook-tip

Sabra harpagula

Near Threatened

Mountain ironwort

Sideritis montana

Not Evaluated

Pantaloon Bee

Dasypoda hirtipes

Vulnerable

mountain melick

Melica nutans

Least Concern

Hover fly

Parasyrphus macularis

Least Concern

Crested Bent-wing

Bucculatrix cristatella

Least Concern

Silver-edged Knot-horn

Pima boisduvaliella

Vulnerable

Mountain Sedge

Carex montana

Least Concern

Comatricha elegans

Not Evaluated

Lesser swinecress

Lepidium didymum

Not Evaluated

Woodland white worm

Octolasion tyrtaeum

Not Evaluated

Scotch Grass-veneer

Catoptria permutatellus

Least Concern

Sea-holly Flat-body

Agonopterix cnicella

Not Evaluated

Scarce Ermine

Yponomeuta irrorella

Least Concern

Clouded Yellow

Colias croceus

Least Concern

Scarce Purple & Gold

Pyrausta ostrinalis

Near Threatened

Oriental leopard's-bane

Doronicum orientale

Not Evaluated

Longflowered veldtgrass

Ehrharta longiflora

Not Evaluated

Lesser Swallow Prominent

Pheosia gnoma

Least Concern

Dotted Hornwort

Anthoceros punctatus

Vulnerable

Lesser Striated Feather-moss

Plasteurhynchium striatulum

Vulnerable

Bog Hoverfly

Eristalis cryptarum

Extinct

Scentless false mayweed

Tripleurospermum inodorum

Least Concern

Scurfy Fibrecap

Inocybe petiginosa

Least Concern

Diatom

Coscinodiscus wailesii

Not Evaluated

Humulin Brown Lacewing

Hemerobius humulinus

Not Evaluated

comma

Polygonia c-album

Least Concern

Schmidt's Hawkweed

Hieracium schmidtii

Not Evaluated

Bristly dogstail grass

Cynosurus echinatus

Not Evaluated

Mouse Moth

Amphipyra tragopoginis

Least Concern

Spring Sowbread

Cyclamen repandum

Not Evaluated

Purple needlegrass

Triraphis mollis

Not Evaluated

Bee Plant

Borago officinalis

Not Evaluated

Elm Bent-wing

Bucculatrix albedinella

Endangered

Lesser Star-thistle

Centaurea diluta

Not Evaluated

roly-poly

Sclerolaena muricata

Not Evaluated

Lesser Squirrel-tail Moss

Habrodon perpusillus

Endangered

Short-horned Yellow-face Bee

Hylaeus brevicornis

Least Concern

shoulder-striped clover

Heliothis maritima

Not Evaluated

Moupin Cotoneaster

Cotoneaster moupinensis

Not Evaluated

Five-spot Burnet

Zygaena trifolii

Not Evaluated

Common Blue

Polyommatus icarus

Least Concern

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