THE FALCONS (FALCONIFORMES, FALCONIDAE) VOUCHER COLLECTION IN THE IRAQ NATURAL HISTORY RESEARCH CENTER AND MUSEUM (INHM)

A total of 45 voucher specimens of falcons which are deposited in the bird's collection of the Iraq Natural History Research Center and Museum (INHM) were reviewed. Mummified falcons were preserved as voucher study specimens and tagged with museum collection labels. In the current study, morpho...

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Published in:Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum
Main Authors: Afkar M. Had, Hind D.Had, Suhad Y. Jassim, Noor H. Yousif
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: University of Baghdad 2021
Subjects:
conservation status
falcons
falconiformes
iraq
Museums. Collectors and collecting
AM1-501
Natural history (General)
QH1-278.5
peregrine falcon
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.26842/binhm.7.2021.16.3.0253
https://doaj.org/article/d8ba7384981b441a923ee44fb59b5093
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Summary:A total of 45 voucher specimens of falcons which are deposited in the bird's collection of the Iraq Natural History Research Center and Museum (INHM) were reviewed. Mummified falcons were preserved as voucher study specimens and tagged with museum collection labels. In the current study, morphometrics of six species of the genus Falco Linnaeus, 1758: Lanner falcon F. biarmicus Temminck, 1825; Sacker Falcon F. cherrug Gray, 1834; Lesser Kestrel F. naumanni Fleischer, 1818; Peregrine Falcon F. peregrines Tunstall, 1771; Eurasian Hobby F. subbuteo Linnaeus, 1758 and Common Kestrel F. tinnunculus Linnaeus, 1758 were documented. These species were recorded previously in the ornithological literatures by several authors and deposited in the museum collection; nevertheless, breeding and migrating of these birds are still occurring throughout Iraq. Furthermore, the current distribution ranges and conservation status of each of the mentioned species throughout Iraq were reviewed and comprehensively discussed.

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