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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alexis Powell" data-source="post: 1303870" data-attributes="member: 5327">Sorry to get further off topic, but I'm not sure the claim about the Iraq guide is strictly true unless it is narrowed to books in Arabic and restricted to a single country.  A Field Guide to the Birds of the Middle East (by Porter, Christensen, and Schiermacker-Hansen) is comprehensive and fully illustrated, and it covers quite a few Arabic speaking countries as well as Turkey and Iran.  It is my favorite by far, but there are many others worth noting.  Birds of Britain and Europe with North Africa and the Middle East (by Heinzel, Fitter and Parslow) is comprehensive and fully illustrated with respect to covering all the Arabic speaking countries of the Levant, Mesopotamia, and the northern parts of north African countries like Egypt. The Birds of the United Arab Emirates (by Colin Richardson) is comprehensive and fully illustrated, though many illustrations are in black and white.  Common Birds of Egypt (by Bruun and Baha el Din) is in English and Arabic, has color illustrations of only common species but does include a comprehensive list.  I think the Birds of Oman is also comprehensive and fully illustrated, though it is a coffee table book and not as up to date as others.--AP</blockquote>