Iraq
Iraq Country Profile
*** Geography / Info
Geography of Iraq – wikipedia.org
Geography of Iraq – about.com
Outline of Iraq – wikipedia.org
*** Climate / Environment
Climate of Iraq – about.com
Iraq Climate – world-climates.com
*** Biogeography / Ecoregions / Habitats
Iraq Ecoregions -wwf
SW Asia: NE Syria & N Iraq – wwf
SW Asia: Most of Arabia etc… – wwf
Lower Tigris and Euphrates – feow.org
Zagros Mountains – digplanet.com
*** Bird Lists
A – Links with extensive Species Information
Iraq Bird Checklist – avibase
Birds of Iraq – oiseaux.net
List of Birds of Iraq – wikipedia.org
B – Links with less extensive Species Information
Iraq Birdlist – birdlist.org
Checklist Iraq – ibc … with extensive Multimedia links
*** Endemics / EBA’s / Key Species
There are no endemic bird species according to Iraq – birdlife and one EBA.
There is one near endemic bird species in Iraq the Basra Reed-warbler Acrocephalus griseldis
*** Endangered Species
Endangered Birds Iraq – earthsendangered.com
*** Photos / Videos / Sounds
Birds Iraq – yahoo.com
Birds of Iraq Photo Gallery – lauraerickson.com
Birds in Balad Iraq – youtube
Multimedia Iraq – ibc … with extensive Multimedia links
*** Birding
Iraq – fatbirder
Birding Iraq? – nwf.org
Explore Species Data – ebird.org
*** Migration
Migrations – migration.wordpress.com
Dotterel Habitat breeding areas and migration – thewonderof birds.com
The Amazing Journey – birdlife.org
Water Scarcity Endangers Iraq’s Migratory Birds – ens-newswire.com
Migration of Turtle Doves – ehow.com
*** Conservation / Biodiversity
Iraqi fourth national report on Biodiversity – cbd.int
Continuously updated news reports from BirdLife – birdlife.org
*** Reserves / Parks / IBA’s
List of Iraq IBA’s – birdlife
‘Garden of Eden’ officially recognised as Iraq’s First National Park – positivenews.org.uk
Iraq turns the Mesopotamian Marshes into its First National Park – news.softpedia.com
IBA’s in Iraq – globalspecies.org
Working on Biodiversity in a post-war country – natureiraq
Mesopotamian Marshes IBA – birdlife.org
Haur Al Hawizeh IBA – birdlife.org
*** Wetlands / Ramsar Sites
Hammar Marshes – thefullwiki.org
Marshes endangered again by drought and dams – wildlifeextra.com
Birds and Buffalo areback but… – spacewar.com
Paradise found: – guardian.co.uk
Tigris-Euphrates alluvial salt marsh – eoearth.org
Iraq to declare Marshes as Nature Reserve – moe.gov
*** Marine Reserves / IBA’s
List of Iraq Marine IBA’s – birdlife
Khawr Abdallah IBA – globalspecies.org
*** Projects
Birdlife spearheads Iraqi conservation project in Garden of Eden – birdlife.org
RESURRECTING EDEN – nwf.org
*** Issues
Threats to the Environment caused by War in Iraq – envirosagainstwar.org
*** Societies / Blogs
Birding Babylon Blog – birdingbabylon
Wild birds of Iraq – iraqbirds.blogspot.fr
Nature Iraq (NI) – birdlife.org
*** Wildlife
Checklist of Endemics – lntreasures.com
Iraq – inaturalist.org
Wildlife of Iraq – iberianature.com
*** Health
Traveler’s Health Iraq
*** Travel / Trips
Iraq – wikitravel.org
*** Trip Reports
Iraq Trip Reports (in French) – avibase
*** Papers
Migration in Iraq – onlinelibrary
Migratory Pathways in Asian Houbara Bustards – plosone.org