The Center for Marine Sciences at the University of Basra issued a book entitled Birds of Tidal Mud Flats in Khor Al-Zubair and Umm Qasr in Basra

 

Under the supervision and printing of the Directorate of Dar Al-Kutub for Printing and Publishing
Written by Professor Hana Hussein Mohamed and Professor Dr. Malik Hassan Ali
The book included the most important types of common endemic and migratory birds in the environment of the tidal mudflats in Umm Qasr and Khor Al-Zubair, to familiarize scientific researchers with the scientific diagnosis of these birds, and for amateurs and beginners to help them in trying to diagnose the birds they find in nature. The most important general characteristics of birds were discussed, and color photographs were reviewed