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Message: <blockquote data-quote="njlarsen" data-source="post: 1574716" data-attributes="member: 7427">As an outsider (European currently residing in the Caribbean), my perspective is that the area covered in field guides have changed in the last 20 years in Europe. It used to be strictly Europe that was covered, but as more people went for vacation in Southern Spain, Northern Africa, and the Middle East, there was an increase in the area covered. However, should in some future time the general crowd go a lot to say Gambia, I do not believe that would influence the field guides too much. There would just be too many new species to add that would only be relevant if birding S of Sahara. Similarly, given the number of pages is Howell and Webb's Mexico guide, I don't think that an increased ABA region would lead to a field guide that included all in one. Maybe as a companion guide, and the Peterson has had a Mexico companion for a lot of years. NielsMaybe the period for Europe mentioned should have been 40 years or whatever -- anyway, that is not important for the point I am trying to make</blockquote>