Morphological study for Accipitrid birds (Accipitridforms, Accipitridae) in Iraq
Iraq Natural History Research Center and Museum, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq.
Research Article
GSC Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2022, 19(03), 262–269.
Article DOI: 10.30574/gscbps.2022.19.3.0233
Publication history:
Received on 10 May 2022; revised on 19 June 2022; accepted on 21 June 2022
Abstract:
The current study revealed to six species of four genus belong to family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriforms; about 24 specimens of birds are deposited in the vertebrates departments in "the Iraq Natural History Research Center and Museum INHM" were reviewed. Morphometrics of six species of mummified Accipitrid birds as follow: Sparrow-Hawk Accipiter nisus (Linnaeus, 1758), Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax (Temminck, 1828), Greater spotted eagle Aquila clanga (Pallas, 1811), long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus (Cretzschmar, 1825), Steppe Buzzard Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758), and Short toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus (Gmelin, 1788), were reviewed. Global conservation status and the distribution ranges of each species throughout Iraq were discussed.
Keywords:
Accipitridforms; Buzzard; Hawk; Short toed Eagle
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