Assessment of the diversity of wading birds and shorebirds in East Hammar Marsh-Basrah-Iraq

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This study aim to evaluate wading birds and shorebirds diversity in the East Hammar marsh from November 2017 to November 2018.

Twenty-seven species belonging four families for shorebirds and one family for wading birds were recorded in study area.

A highest relative abundance 15.88% was recorded in November 2018, while the lowest 1.63% was recorded in July 2018.

Simpson diversity index 0.79, whereas Shannon-Weiner index was 1.91.

Richness index was reached 2.01, while an evenness index was 0.77.

Dominance index recorded a high value in November 2018, due to dominance of Egreta garzetta .

The assemblage of wading birds and shorebirds at East Hammar marsh was moderate, whereas showed disturbed and semi-balanced assemblage in terms of the richness and evenness respectively.