Specimens of Aquatic Bird Deposited at Mosul Natural History Museum, Mosul, Iraq
Zohair I. F. Rahemo *
Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq.
Owayes M. Al-Hassani
Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq.
Senan K. Abood
Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
There are (11) aquatic Birds specimens deposited at Mosul natural history Museum, these belong to five orders namely: order Ciconiiformes, Phoenicopteriformes, Pelecaniformes, Anseriformes and Caradiformes. Ciconiformes include Ardea purpurea, Egretta garzetta, Ciconia ciconia, Nycticorax nycticorax, Ixobrychus minitus. Order Phoenicopteriformes include Phoenicopterus aguorum, order Pelecaniformes include Pelecanus onocrotalus, order Anseriformes include Anas crecca and Anas platyrhynchos, Casarca ferruguinea and order Charadriiformes include ,Larus canus.
Keywords: Aquatic bird, mosul natural history museum