Field Guide to the Birds of Oman

by Richard Porter, Jens Eriksen

Overview

The first comprehensive field guide to the birds of Oman

With its unique blend of Western Palearctic, Oriental and Afrotropical components, and lying on a migratory crossroads, Oman is a jewel of the Middle East. This is the first comprehensive field guide to the birds of this fascinating and welcoming country.

All 528 species on the Oman Bird List are featured on the 116 colour plates, illustrating many of the distinct plumages and races, plus a few non-naturalised escapes. Species accounts cover key identification features - including habitat and voice - with colour maps showing the breeding, wintering and migration distributions for all regularly occurring species.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781472983213
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	10/15/2020
Series:	Helm Field Guides
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
File size:	99 MB
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About the Author

Richard Porter has been writing books for Helm for more than 30 years, and has been active in conservation throughout the Middle East since the 1960s. His work in Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey remains inspirational to researchers throughout the region.

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.

Richard Porter has been involved with birds in the Middle East since 1966 and is an adviser on bird conservation for BirdLife International. He is the author or co-author of several books on the Middle East and the groundbreaking Flight Identification of European Raptors.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction

Species Accounts (1-116)

References and Further Reading
Checklist of the Birds of Oman
Index