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The definitive photographic guide to the amazing avifauna of the Middle East.The Middle East has a wonderfully broad and diverse avifauna, featuring a host of wintering and passage migrants, enigmatic and sometimes colourful breeders, and even a few endemics that occur nowhere else.
The perfect companion for any wildlife-friendly visitor,
Birds of the Middle East provides photographic coverage of more than 320 species that regularly occur in the region.
Concise text for each species includes information on identification, songs and calls, behaviour, distribution and habitat, with each photo having been carefully selected to guide identification. A guide to the best birdwatching sites in the Middle East is also included.
Portable yet authoritative, this is the perfect guide for travellers and birdwatchers visiting this spectacular and bird-rich slice of western Asia.
Sommario
Foreword
IntroductionBird Conservation
Map of the Region
Good Birdwatching Sites in the Region
Species Accounts
Further Reading and Resources
Photo Credits
Index
Info autore
A tour guide and photographer,
Jens Eriksen is renowned as Oman's premier birder, with a number of photographic titles covering the nation's birds under his belt along with co-authorship of the Helm field guide
Birds of Oman.
Riassunto
The definitive photographic guide to the amazing avifauna of the Middle East.
The Middle East has a wonderfully broad and diverse avifauna, featuring a host of wintering and passage migrants, enigmatic and sometimes colourful breeders, and even a few endemics that occur nowhere else.
The perfect companion for any wildlife-friendly visitor, Birds of the Middle East provides photographic coverage of more than 320 species that regularly occur in the region.
Concise text for each species includes information on identification, songs and calls, behaviour, distribution and habitat, with each photo having been carefully selected to guide identification. A guide to the best birdwatching sites in the Middle East is also included.
Portable yet authoritative, this is the perfect guide for travellers and birdwatchers visiting this spectacular and bird-rich slice of western Asia.
Prefazione
The definitive photographic guide to the amazing avifauna of the Middle East.
Testo aggiuntivo
Fits the bill for a book that can be kept in the side pocket of a backpack ... The photographs are typically of excellent quality and cover variation well.
