Research Article
Distributions and Community Composition of Birds in Iraq’s Central Marsh
Table 2
Threatened bird species recorded in the CM by this study (details of numbers recorded are presented in the Appendix).
| English name | Latin name | Conservation status |
| Marbled Duck | Marmaronetta angustirostris | Vulnerable (IUCN) | Basra Reed Warbler
| Acrocephalus griseldis | Endangered (IUCN) | Greater Spotted Eagle | Aquila clanga | Vulnerable (IUCN) | Eastern Imperial Eagle | Aquila heliacal | Vulnerable (IUCN) | Ferruginous Duck | Aythya nyroca | Near threatened (IUCN) | Cinereous Vulture | Aegypius monachus | Near threatened (IUCN) | Pallid Harrier | Circus cyaneus | Near threatened (IUCN) | Little Grebe (subspecies) | Tachybaptus ruficollis iraquensis | Near threatened [4] | Iraq Babbler
| Turdoides altirostris | Least concern (restricted-range) [4] | White-Tailed Lapwing
| Vanellus leucurus | Least concern (Biome-restricted) [4] | Dead Sea Sparrow
| Passer moabiticus | Least concern (Biome-restricted) [4] |
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