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*. See for backgrounds the report "*Final investigation on serious allegations of fabricated and/or falsified data in Al-Sheikhly et al. (2013, 2015) - 1 July 2016*" at https://www.academia.edu/33827046
See also 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
The report "*Final investigation on serious allegations of fabricated and/or falsified data in Al-Sheikhly et al. (2013, 2015) - 1 July 2016*" was published on 1 July 2016. It is since that day in the possession of all stakeholders. Until now no one has been able to rebut / refute any of the conclusions of this report. Herculean efforts to get reviews / comments from experts (within this field of research) who rebut / refute any of the findings of this report were unsuccessful. There are thus no experts (within this field of research) who rebut / refute any of the findings / conclusions of the report "*Final investigation on serious allegations of fabricated and/or falsified data in Al-Sheikhly et al. (2013, 2015) - 1 July 2016*".
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.