Occurrence and relative abundance of waders at the muddy littoral zone of East–Hammar marsh Basra Iraq

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Twenty species of waders were recorded in East-Hammar marsh during monitoring period from September 2009 to August 2010.

The total number of individuals of waders reached 11556 bird.

Family Scolopasidae recorded the highest number of species and individuals during monitoring period.

While family Glareolidae recorded the lowest number of species and individuals.

The highest number of species and individuals were recorded in March 2010 reached 16 and 2256 respectively, the lowest number of species recorded in June 2010 and July2010 were reached 7.

The lowest number of individuals recorded in June 2010 reached 152.Dunlin Calidrs alpina recorded the highest relative abundance 24.6 % and Terek sandpiper Tringa cinereus recorded the lowest relative abundance 0.008 % during monitoring period.