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Iceland

Europe · Northern Europe

Total Species
837
Threatened
77
CR + EN + VU
Population
341,250
Area
103,000 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 21
Endangered 23
Vulnerable 33
Near Threatened 64
Least Concern 449
Data Deficient 2
Not Evaluated 229
Extinct 14

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 717
Animalia 109
Fungi 7
Chromista 3
Bacteria 1

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Iceland

Cocoa moth

Ephestia elutella

Least Concern

Indian Meal Moth

Plodia interpunctella

Not Evaluated

Mute Swan

Cygnus olor

Near Threatened

Cabbage White

Pieris rapae

Least Concern

curly woodlouse

Cylisticus convexus

Least Concern

Red Wasp

Vespula rufa

Least Concern

Seine Riverbank Ground Beetle

Bembidion tetracolum

Least Concern

Garden Millepede

Oxidus gracilis

Not Evaluated

Common Plume

Emmelina monodactyla

Least Concern

spruce aphid

Elatobium abietinum

Not Evaluated

European Crane Fly

Tipula paludosa

Least Concern

Surinam cockroach

Pycnoscelus surinamensis

Not Evaluated

Common Rose Bell

Notocelia rosaecolana

Least Concern

Pale Corn Clothes

Nemapogon variatella

Least Concern

Brassy Willow Beetle

Phratora vitellinae

Least Concern

Brown Shrimp

Crangon crangon

Least Concern

Norwegian Wasp

Dolichovespula norwegica

Least Concern

Atlantic Rock Crab

Cancer irroratus

Not Evaluated

Black Marram Weevil

Otiorhynchus atroapterus

Least Concern

Weevil

Otiorhynchus rugosostriatus

Least Concern

Awkward Clusterfly

Pollenia rudis

Least Concern

Lusitanian slug

Arion lusitanicus

Least Concern

Humpbacked minute scavenger beetle

Cartodere nodifer

Least Concern

Lesser cowpea weevil

Callosobruchus chinensis

Not Evaluated

crispate scissurelle

Anatoma crispata

Data Deficient

slender snake millipede

Boreoiulus tenuis

Least Concern

Weevil

Otiorhynchus rugifrons

Near Threatened

Pale Green Weevil

Polydrusus impressifrons

Least Concern

Granary book louse

Trogium pulsatorium

Not Evaluated

Book lice

Lepinotus reticulatus

Not Evaluated

Granary book louse

Lepinotus inquilinus

Not Evaluated

Beaked Clothes

Tinea translucens

Not Evaluated

Flea

Leptopsylla segnis

Not Evaluated

Imported currantworm

Nematus ribesii

Least Concern

Mountain Plume

Stenoptilia islandicus

Vulnerable

Aphid

Uroleucon taraxaci

Not Evaluated

Monochrome spider beetle

Epauloecus unicolor

Least Concern

Springtail

Proisotoma minuta

Not Evaluated

Wasp

Ageniaspis fuscicollis

Not Evaluated

eel parasite

Anguillicola crassus

Not Evaluated

Metallic Marine Isopod

Idotea metallica

Not Evaluated

White-spot Purple

Heringocrania unimaculella

Not Evaluated

Bright-Green Spleenwort

Asplenium viride

Least Concern

Maidenhair Spleenwort

Asplenium trichomanes

Least Concern

Forked Spleenwort

Asplenium septentrionale

Critically Endangered

northern red currant

Ribes spicatum

Least Concern

Common Currant

Ribes rubrum

Least Concern

Black Currant

Ribes nigrum

Least Concern

European gooseberry

Ribes uva-crispa

Least Concern

Black Bindweed

Fallopia convolvulus

Least Concern

Sea Vase

Ciona intestinalis

Least Concern

Buckwheat

Fagopyrum esculentum

Not Evaluated

Duckwheat

Fagopyrum tataricum

Not Evaluated

Dooryard dock

Rumex longifolius

Least Concern

Garden sorrel

Rumex acetosa

Least Concern

Common Sheep Sorrel

Rumex acetosella

Not Evaluated

Curled Dock

Rumex crispus

Not Evaluated

Garden sorrel

Rumex thyrsiflorus

Least Concern

Bitter Dock

Rumex obtusifolius

Not Evaluated

Chilean Flamingo

Phoenicopterus chilensis

Not Evaluated

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