Birds of the Middle East - Richard Porter

This is a completely revised second edition of the bestselling fieldguide to the birds of the Middle East, covering Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, the Arabian peninsula and Socotra. For the first time, the text andmaps appear opposite the plates, and as a consequence there are fewerspecies per plate than before. The text and maps have been fullyrevised and many new artworks have been painted by the three illustrators. There are more than100 new species in this new edition, which features more than 820 species in total. This is an essential fieldguide for anyone visiting the Middle East.