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Anon. 2012. Mesopotamian Marshes. Available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamian_Marshes. (Accessed: 22/3/2012).

Baker, K. 1997. Warblers of Europe, Asia and North Africa. Princeton University Press, Princeton.

Bird, J.P., Martin, R., Akçakaya, H.R., Gilroy, J., Burfield, I.J., Garnett, S.G., Symes, A., Taylor, J., ?ekercio?lu, Ç.H. and Butchart, S.H.M. 2020. Generation lengths of the world’s birds and their implications for extinction risk. Conservation Biology 34(5): 1252-1261. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13486.

Dyrcz, A. 2020. Basra Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus griseldis), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA.

Evans, M.I. 1993. Iraq marshes doomed. Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Bulletin 31: 28-29.

IUCN. 2022. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-2. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 08 December 2022).

Maltby, E. 1994. An environmental and ecological study of the marshlands of Mesopotamia. AMAR Appeal Trust, Exeter, U.K.

Nature Iraq. 2017. Key Biodiversity Areas of Iraq. Tablet House Publishing, Sulaimaniyah, Iraq.

Pearce, F. 1993. Draining life from Iraq's marshes. New Scientist 138(1869; 17 April 1993): 11-12.

Perlman, Y.; Shanni, I. 2008. Basra Reed Warblers breeding in Israel. Alula 14(1): 46-47.

Porter, R. and Aspinall, S. 2010. Birds of the Middle East. Christopher Helm, London.

Porter, R.F., Christensen, S. and Schiermacker-Hansen, P. 1996. Field Guide to the Birds of the Middle East. Poyser, London, UK.

Richardson, C. J. and Hussain, N. A. 2006. Restoring the Garden of Eden: an ecological assessment of the marshes of Iraq. BioScience 56: 477-489.

RSPB. 2012. Tana River Delta. Available at: http://www.rspb.org.uk/ourwork/casework/details.aspx?id=tcm:9-228564. (Accessed: 22/3/2012).

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). 2003. Environment in Iraq: UNEP Progress Report. .

Urban, E.K., Fry, C.H. and Keith, S. 1997. The birds of Africa Vol. V. Academic Press, London.

Walther, B. A.; Wisz, M.S.; Rahbek, C. 2004. Known and predicted African winter distributions and habitat use of the endangered Basra Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus griseldis) and the near-threatened Cinereous Bunting (Emberiza cineracea). Journal of Ornithology 45: 287-299.

Yésou, P.; Flohart, G.; Murdoch, D. 2007. First record of Basra Reed Warbler Acrocephalus griseldis for Syria. Sandgrouse 29(2): 214-215.

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BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Basra Reed-warbler Acrocephalus griseldis. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/basra-reed-warbler-acrocephalus-griseldis on 23/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/12/2024.