This project is part of the long-term efforts of a large group of ornithologists and conservationalists from a variety of countries to retract a fraudulent study on the breeding biology of the Basra Reed Warbler *Acrocephalus griseldis*. This study was published in the peer-reviewed journal 'Zoology in the Middle East' (Al-Sheikhly *et al*. 2013, 2015). This peer-reviewed journal is published by Taylor & Francis.
See for backgrounds Porter et al. (2015 a&b) at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09397140.2015.1023424 and at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09397140.2015.1023426
See also https://britishbirds.co.uk/article/basrareedwarblergate/ , https://www.osme.org/content/basra-reed-warbler-update and https://pubpeer.com/publications/CBDA623DED06FB48B659B631BA69E7
See http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/Basra-Reed-Warbler for backgrounds about this bird species.
