The ultimate field guide to the birds of the Middle East, an indispensable companion for any traveller to the region

The Middle East – the region stretching from Cyprus and the Levant to Iran, including Turkey and the Arabian Peninsula, plus Socotra – has a wonderfully broad and diverse avifauna, featuring a host of wintering and passage migrants, enigmatic breeders, and even a few endemics that occur nowhere else.

This authoritative book covers more than 895 species recorded in the Middle East, including details of all regular visitors and breeding species, from the Purple Sunbird to the Northern Bald Ibis. Featuring 180 stunning colour plates by three of the world's leading bird illustrators, this practical guide also includes concise species accounts describing key identification features, status, range, habitat and voice with fully updated distribution maps for each species.

Written by three of the leading lights in regional ornithology and conservation, this fully revised and expanded guide is an essential reference for any birder living in or visiting the Middle East.

Richard Porter has been involved with birds in Middle East region since 1966, and is an adviser on bird conservation for BirdLife International.

AbdulRahman Al-Sirhan is a Kuwaiti birder, ornithologist, translator and photographer. He leads guided bird tours in Kuwait.

Oscar Campbell is a bird conservationist and chemistry teacher, and chairman of the Emirates Bird Records Committee.