Fungi and higher plants
Siberian Tien Shan / Tien Shan Sibericus \ Tien Shan Sibiraea
Tien Shan Sibiraea Status: CR. An endemic, decorative, and rare northern Tien Shan plant.
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Tien Shan Sibiraea Status: CR. An endemic, decorative, and rare northern Tien Shan plant.
Rhodiola litwinowii Status: LC. A mosaic-distributed species, intensively used in agriculture.
Iskandera Alai Status: VU. A very rare narrow endemic species. There is only one species of this genus in the republic.
Turkestan fumitory Status: Category ENBlab(iii,iv). A representative of the monotypic [60, 25] genus (a unique element of the gene pool), threatened with extinction due to narrow endemism in an area with increasing anthropogenic pressure.
False Hooked Fumitory Status: VU. Endemic species of the Pamir-Alai.
Kashgarian Barberry Status: VU. Rare species.
Kostychev’s Pascueflower Status: VU. A narrowly endemic and very beautiful plant, deserving attention for cultivation.
Obtusilobous Windflower Status: VU. The westernmost boundary of its range in Kyrgyzstan is located in the Central Tien Shan.
Knorring’s Larkspur Status: VU. A rare ornamental relic species with a disjunctive range, endemic to Kyrgyzstan.
Kolyuchelistnik kachimovidny Status: VU. A species with a rapidly reducing range. The roots of this species contain up to 30% steroid compounds - saponins, which are used in perfumery, textile, food industries, and in the production of building materials.
Susamyr Catchfly Status: EN. A rare species found in small numbers and in a limited area, which can easily disappear under the influence of anthropogenic factors.
Minkwitz’s Bastard Toad-Flax Status: CR. Subendemic. An extremely rare relict plant that is endangered and has great scientific significance. One of four species found in Kyrgyzstan.
Pallas’s Fish Eagle Status: V category, Vulnerable, VU, Cl. A species at risk of extinction. One of eight species of eagles in the world fauna and one of two species in the fauna of Kyrgyzstan. A monotypic species.
Osprey Status: Category VII, Least Concern, LC. A representative of a monotypic family and genus in the world's bird fauna. In Kyrgyzstan, the nominal subspecies P.h. haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) migrates.
Barbary Falcon Status: Category III, Critically Endangered, CR: R. Kyrgyz ornithologists believe that this species, which is endangered in Kyrgyzstan, requires a review of its current status on the IUCN list [1]. It is one of 10 species of the genus in the fauna of Kyrgyzstan, inhabiting the subspecies F p. babylonicus P.L. Sclater, 1861.
Peregrine Falcon Status: Category VII, Least Concern, LC. One of 10 species of the genus in the fauna of Kyrgyzstan, subspecies F. p. peregrinus Tunstall, 1771 and F. p. calidus Latham, 1790 [35, 36].
Gyrfalcon Status: Category VII, Least Concern. One of 10 species of the genus in the fauna of Kyrgyzstan. Not listed in the IUCN for Kyrgyzstan [1]. The subspecies Falco rusticolus intermedius Gloger, 1834 is found in the country.
Saker Falcon Status: IV category, Endangered, EN, A2bcd+3bcd. The population of the species in Kyrgyzstan has sharply decreased over the last 5 years, and it is now at risk of extinction. One of 10 species of the genus in the fauna of Kyrgyzstan. The nominative subspecies F.c. cherrug J.E. Gray, 1834 migrates and winters here. The other subspecies are resident: F.c. milvipes Jerdon, 1871, F.c. coatsi Dementiev, 1945, F.c. hendersoni Hume, 1871 [35, 36].
Steppe Kestrel Status: V category, Vulnerable, VU, Cl. One of ten species of the genus in the avifauna of the Kyrgyz Republic. Monotypic species.
Pygmy Cormorant Status: Category VI, Near Threatened. One of 2 representatives of the genus in the fauna of the Kyrgyz Republic. Monotypic species.
Dalmatian Pelican Status: V category, Vulnerable, VU, A2c+3c. One of 2 species of the genus, rarely migrating through the territory of Kyrgyzstan. Monotypic species.
Eurasian Spoonbill Status: VI category, Near Threatened, NT: R. The only representative of the genus in Kyrgyzstan. The nominal subspecies Platalea leucorodia leucorodia Linnaeus, 1758 migrates through the region.
Pink Pelican Status: VI category, Near Threatened, NT: R. One of 2 species of the genus, rarely migrating through the territory of Kyrgyzstan. Monotypic species.
White Stork Status: IV category, Endangered, EN: R. One of the 2 species of the genus found in Kyrgyzstan. The subspecies inhabiting the region is Ciconia ciconia asiatica Severtzov, 1873.
Black Stork Status: VI category, Near Threatened, NT: R. One of two species of the genus in the avifauna of the Kyrgyz Republic. Monotypic species.
Common Flamingo Status: VI category, Nearly Threatened, NT: R. The only species of the flamingo family in Kyrgyzstan.
Stone marten or beech marten Status: VII category, Lower Risk/least concerned, LR/lc. A rare species with a low population.
Black-throated Loon Status: Category III, Critically Endangered, CR: R. Close to extinction in the territory of Kyrgyzstan. The nominal subspecies is found. The bird is the size of a domestic duck.
Renard’s Meadow Viper Status: Category VUA4bc. A subspecies of the south-west Palaearctic species, mosaic distribution in the Black Sea-North Turan region; in Kyrgyzstan - sporadically encountered, with a decreasing population. It is kept in serpentariums for venom extraction - pharmaceutical raw material. The species is included in the IUCN RLTS with the category EN A1c+2c [27] and in the Red Book of Uzbekistan [13], and European populations are listed in Appendix I of CITES
Spotted or Diadem Snake Status: Critically Endangered (category CR C2b). One of the 4 known subspecies of the south-west Palaearctic species, with a southern Turanian distribution; in Kyrgyzstan - 1-3 isolated critically low populations (possibly already extinct) at the edge of the species range, in areas of anthropogenic impact on habitats.
Eastern Sand Boa Status: Near Threatened (NT). One of 10 species of the genus, which includes small representatives of the family, all species of which are included in CITES Appendix II [4 and others]. In Kyrgyzstan, it is a rare species, with its habitat decreasing; the species is listed in the Red Books of Turkmenistan, where it is local and rare [4] (category III), and Tajikistan (category 2) [13].
Schneider’s Gold Skink Status: Category ENB1ab(iii). A sporadically distributed south-Turanian subspecies of a south-west Palaearctic species, represented in Kyrgyzstan by scattered very small populations [19, 20], vulnerable at the periphery of the species' range; included in the Red Data Book of Tajikistan (category 2) [12].
Sheltopusik Status: Near Threatened (category NT). A rare widely distributed representative of a monotypic genus, with decreasing populations and habitat range in Kyrgyzstan. Listed in the Red Data Book of Kazakhstan [10]. Its distribution is general and within the country. The range extends from the Balkan Peninsula and Crimea through Asia Minor, the Caucasus, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan to Western Pakistan, Badakhshan, Central Asia, and Southern Pri Balkhash [1, 2, 10, 15]. In
Gray Monitor Status: Category CR A4bc; E. In Kyrgyzstan - fragmented populations of the declining [1, 11, 12] South-Turanian subspecies of the southwestern Palaearctic species, at the periphery of its range; the only representative of the family in the region. The subspecies is included in CITES Appendix I, in the Red Books of the USSR (category III) [14], Kazakhstan (II, VU) [10], and all Central Asian states [1, 4, 9, 11, 12, 13], and according to some data
Said-Aliev’s Toad Agama Status: Vulnerable (category VUBlab(iii)). A narrowly distributed relic species, endemic to the foothills of the western part of the Fergana Valley [23, 7], whose numbers are declining. It is listed in the Red Books of Tajikistan (category 2) [12] and Uzbekistan (category EN 1ab(i-v)) [13].
Central Asian Tortoise Status: VU Blab (ii, iii, v); Cl. A representative of a monotypic genus, decreasing in number, listed in IUCN RLTS (VU A2d) [27] and in Appendix II of CITES [4 and others]; in Kyrgyzstan, it is endangered due to habitat change and capture.
Central Asian Frog Status: Category VUB1ab(iv). A mosaic-distributed species with a disjunct and comparatively narrow range, whose population and habitat area are decreasing. The conservation of nearly half of the known populations in Kyrgyzstan seems impossible without special measures. A natural bioindicator of water pollution [20], listed in the Red Book of Kazakhstan [10].
Green Toad Status: VU category B2ab(ii,iii,iv); D2. A rare species in Kyrgyzstan, with a sharp decline in population density in recent times. Insufficiently studied taxonomically [28], it is significant as an object of evolutionary research and in terms of preserving the regional gene pool, being one of two representatives of the Bufonidae family in the fauna of the Republic.
Brown Bear Status: VII category, Lower Risk/least concerned, LR/lc. A rare subspecies of bear Ursus arctos isabellinus Horsfeld, 1826 inhabits the territory of the republic.
Red Wolf Status: III category Critically Endangered, CR: R. There have been no confirmed sightings in Kyrgyzstan over the past 50 years. The only representative of the genus in the fauna of Kyrgyzstan and the CIS.
Broad-eared bat Status: Category VII, Lower Risk/least concerned, LR/lc.
Desert Long-eared Bat Status: Category VII, Lower Risk - Least Concern, LR/lc.
Asian Barbastelle Status: VI category, Near Threatened, NT: R.
Lesser Horseshoe Bat Status: Category VI, Near Threatened, NT: R. A species with a declining population [3].
Bokhara Horseshoe Bat Status: Category VI, Near Threatened, NT: R. A rare species for Kyrgyzstan, found at the peripheral part of its range.
Common Water Shrew Status: Category VI, Near Threatened, NT: R. A rare species for Kyrgyzstan, found on the periphery of its range. The only representative of the genus in Kyrgyzstan.
Long-eared Hedgehog Status: VIII category, Data Deficit, DD: R. Rare, vulnerable species, single occurrences known in southern Kyrgyzstan. In 1990, Prucha Kaler captured one specimen at an altitude of 1400 m above sea level in southern Kyrgyzstan and found remains of a skull in the pellets of an owl, which he attributed to the dark-eared hedgehog - Paraechinum hypomelas (more accurate name: Hemiechinus (Paraechinus) hypomelas Brandt, 1836 - long-eared hedgehog).
Savka Status: IV category, Endangered, EN, 2bcde. Monotypic species.