Current view: Text account
Site description (1994 baseline):
Site location and context
The site is shown on maps as an extensive marsh, fed by rivers from the north, lying c.40 km north of the Tigris and c.85 km east of Baghdad. No further information is available.
The site appears never to have been visited by an ornithologist, though it was considered by Scott and Carp (1982) to be possibly of great importance for wintering waterbirds.
Non-bird biodiversity: No information available to BirdLife International.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
No conservation measures are known to have been taken. No conservation measures are known to have been proposed and there is no information on current threats to the site.
Information compiled by D. J. Brooks, reviewed by Dr Khalid Y. Al-Dabbagh and Dr Hanna Y. Siman.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Haur Al Shubaicha (Iraq). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/haur-al-shubaicha-iba-iraq on 24/11/2024.
