Field Guide to Birds of the Middle East: Third Edition

Cover
Half-title
Dedication
Title
Copyright
	Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
	The region and species covered
	Vagrants
	Escapes and introduced birds
	Endemics and near endemics
	Conservation status
	Sequence, taxonomy and nomenclature
	Illustrations and identification text
	Bird topography
	Voice and QR codes
	Habitat
	Maps and status
	Code of conduct
Species Accounts
	Partridges, francolins and quails PHASIANIDAE
	Guineafowl NUMIDIDAE
	Buttonquails TURNICIDAE
	Ducks and geese ANATIDAE
	Divers GAVIIDAE
	Auks ALCIDAE
	Grebes PODICIPEDIDAE
	Albatrosses DIOMEDEIDAE
	Petrels and shearwaters PROCELLARIIDAE
	Storm-petrels HYDROBATIDAE
	Tropicbirds PHAETHONTIDAE
	Frigatebirds FREGATIDAE
	Gannets and boobies SULIDAE
	Flamingos PHOENICOPTERIDAE
	Hamerkop SCOPIDAE
	Storks CICONIIDAE
	Ibises and spoonbills THRESKIORNITHIDAE
	Bitterns, herons and egrets ARDEIDAE
	Pelicans PELECANIDAE
	Cormorants PHALACROCORACIDAE
	Darters ANHINGIDAE
	Hawks, buzzards and eagles ACCIPITRIDAE
	Falcons FALCONIDAE
	Bustards OTIDIDAE
	Cranes GRUIDAE
	Rails, crakes and gallinules RALLIDAE
	Thick-knees BURHINIDAE
	Coursers and pratincoles GLAREOLIDAE
	Oystercatchers HAEMATOPODIDAE
	Crab-plover DROMADIDAE
	Stilts and avocets RECURVIROSTRIDAE
	Painted-snipe ROSTRATULIDAE
	Jacanas JACANIDAE
	Lapwings and plovers CHARADRIIDAE
	Sandpipers and allies SCOLOPACIDAE
	Gulls, terns and skimmers LARIDAE
	Skuas STERCORARIIDAE
	Sandgrouse PTEROCLIDAE
	Pigeons and doves COLUMBIDAE
	Parakeets PSITTACIDAE
	Hoopoes UPUPIDAE
	Hornbills BUCEROTIDAE
	Cuckoos and coucals CUCULIDAE
	Barn owls TYTONIDAE
	Typical owls STRIGIDAE
	Nightjars CAPRIMULGIDAE
	Swifts APODIDAE
	Rollers CORACIIDAE
	Kingfishers ALCEDINIDAE
	Bee-eaters MEROPIDAE
	Woodpeckers and wrynecks PICIDAE
	Drongos DICRURIDAE
	Tchagras MALACONOTIDAE
	Shrikes LANIIDAE
	Orioles ORIOLIDAE
	Paradise flycatchers MONARCHIDAE
	Crows and jays CORVIDAE
	Waxwings BOMBYCILLIDAE
	Hypocolius HYPOCOLIIDAE
	Bulbuls PYCNONOTIDAE
	Treecreepers CERTHIIDAE
	Tits PARIDAE
	Long-tailed tits AEGITHALIDAE
	Penduline-tits REMIZIDAE
	Bearded Reedling PANURIDAE
	Wallcreeper TICHODROMIDAE
	Larks ALAUDIDAE
	Swallows and martins HIRUNDINIDAE
	Cisticolas and allies CISTICOLIDAE
	Bush warblers CETTIIDAE
	Grasshopper warblers LOCUSTELLIDAE
	Reed warblers ACROCEPHALIDAE
	Leaf warblers PHYLLOSCOPIDAE
	Sylvia warblers SYLVIIDAE
	White-eyes ZOSTEROPIDAE
	Goldcrests REGULIDAE
	Babblers TIMALIIDAE
	Wrens TROGLODYTIDAE
	Dippers CINCLIDAE
	Nuthatches SITTIDAE
	Oxpeckers BUPHAGIDAE
	Starlings STURNIDAE
	Thrushes TURDIDAE
	Robins, chats and flycatchers MUSCICAPIDAE
	Sunbirds NECTARINIIDAE
	Sparrows and petronias PASSERIDAE
	Weavers PLOCEIDAE
	Waxbills ESTRILDIDAE
	Accentors PRUNELLIDAE
	Wagtails and pipits MOTACILLIDAE
	Finches FRINGILLIDAE
	Buntings EMBERIZIDAE
References and Further Reading
Checklist of the Birds of the Middle East
Illustration Credits
Index