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


How to Cite

Rahemo, Zohair I. F., Owayes M. Al-Hassani, and Senan K. Abood. 2021. “Specimens of Aquatic Bird Deposited at Mosul Natural History Museum, Mosul, Iraq”. Asian Journal of Research in Zoology 4 (1):28-33. https://doi.org/10.9734/ajriz/2021/v4i130105.

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