Abstract
A total of six genus and eight species that belong to three family Gruidae, Otidae and Rallidae, Order Gruiforms; about 39specimens which are deposited in the birds collection of in the Iraq Natural History Research Center and Museum INHM were reviewed. In the current study, morphometrics of seven species of taxidermy Gruiform birds: Common CraneGrus grus (Linnaeus, 1758), Houbara BustardChlamydotis undulata (Jacquin, 1784), Water Rail Rallus aquaticus (Linnaeus, 1758), Spotted Crake Porzana porzana (Linnaeus, 1766), Little Crake Porzana parva (Scopoli, 1769), Coot Fulica atra (Linnaeus, 1758), Common Moorhens Gallinula chloropus (Linnaeus, 1758) and Purpul GallinulePorphyrio poliocephalus (Latham, 1801) were documented. In addition of the distribution ranges throughout Iraq and Global Conservation Status of each the mentioned species were reviewed and comprehensively discussed.
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