Field Guide to the Birds of Cyprus

(Paperback)

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An authoritative guide to the birds of Cyprus.

Cyprus is a great place for birding, and one of the most popular places for birders to visit in Europe. It holds populations of a number of regional scarcities that are very hard to see elsewhere, plus a number of endemic subspecies, and the jewels in the crown three full endemics, Cyprus Wheatear, Cyprus Scops Owl and Cyprus Warbler, the latter of which graces the jacket of this Helm field guide to the island.

Detailed plates are allied to concise identification text, with accurate maps stemming from Colin Richardson's decades-long programme of population-mapping on the island. Together, these elements make this the definitive guide to the birds of Cyprus, one that no visitor to this beautiful island can be without.

Reviews

This is an impressive book; authoritative and meticulously researched it represents a major advance for Cyprus ornithology and will surely become essential for the ever-increasing number of visiting and resident birders. * British Birds *
A great addition to the Helm Field Guide series and an essential purchase for any birder wanting a compact, light-weight piece of literature to help explore the birding mecca that is Cyprus. * Ibis *
This is a practical book for any visiting birder to Cyprus this book certainly does the job, and I recommend it. * Dutch Birding *
If I were packing for Cyprus, which field guide would I pack and why Birds of Cyprus is not just a good field guide, but a more user-friendly one when compared with a much heavier Collins Bird Guide with its overcrowded plates and hard-to-read font. Checking Birds of Cyprus again, the plates are clear, illustrations large, font simple and readable. So, which one would I pack The Birds of Cyprus, definitively. * 10,000 Birds *
I find this field guide well thought out, attractive in appearance, user-friendly, authoritative, well-researched and representing a major step forward for ornithology on the island. For the many visiting birders, who may wish to bring only one book, this is all they will need. * Cyprus Bird Report *

Author Bio

Colin Richardson is an ornithologist with a particular interest in bird migration in the Middle East. He is on the editorial board of Sandgrouse and is the Cyprus representative for the OSME and the Royal Naval Birdwatching Society. He was a council member of OSME from 2005 to 2010 and was awarded the Sheikh Mubarak bin Mohammed prize for services to Conservation and Ornithology in the United Arab Emirates in 1995.

Richard Porter is the unquestioned world authority on the birds of the region. The author of Birds of the Middle East, Richard has been active in the conservation of birds throughout the Ornithological Society of the Middle East (OSME) region since the 1960s. His work in Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey remains inspirational to researchers throughout the region.