Family: Acrocephalidae (Reed-warblers)

Authority: (Hartlaub, 1891)

Red List Category

Criteria: A3c

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Justification of Red List category
This species was estimated to have undergone a very rapid decline in the past owing to systematic drainage of the southern marshes of Iraq, its main breeding habitat. The population is suspected to have stabilised, but current water management has led to a decrease in its breeding habitat again, in combination with a series of recent droughts; and, additionally, there is uncertainty over future water management (such as the building of dams) projects and the impact of climate change. As such, the population may very rapidly go into decline in the future again. Therefore, this species is listed as Endangered.

Population size: 1500-7000 mature individuals

Population trend: stable

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 682,000 km²

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Land-mass type - continent
Realm - Afrotropical
Realm - Palearctic
IUCN System - Freshwater
IUCN System - Terrestrial
AEMLAP  2014