--- product_id: 350259924 title: "Birds of the Middle East (Helm Wildlife Guides)" price: "$39.53" currency: USD in_stock: true reviews_count: 7 url: https://www.desertcart.us/products/350259924-birds-of-the-middle-east-helm-wildlife-guides store_origin: US region: United States of America --- # Middle East's diverse avifauna Compact & portable field guide 320+ vivid bird photos Birds of the Middle East (Helm Wildlife Guides) **Price:** $39.53 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🦅 Unlock the Middle East’s feathered secrets—your ultimate birding sidekick! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Birds of the Middle East (Helm Wildlife Guides) - **How much does it cost?** $39.53 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.us](https://www.desertcart.us/products/350259924-birds-of-the-middle-east-helm-wildlife-guides) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Travel-Ready:** Lightweight paperback designed for easy carrying on all your birdwatching adventures. - • **Visual Mastery:** Over 320 stunning, carefully selected photos to nail bird ID on the go. - • **Hotspot Insider:** Includes curated guide to the best birdwatching sites across the Middle East. - • **Regional Expertise:** Covers the Middle East’s unique mix of migrants, breeders, and rare endemics. - • **Concise Intelligence:** Clear, focused species info including calls, behavior, and habitat for quick reference. ## Overview Birds of the Middle East (Helm Wildlife Guides) is a portable photographic field guide featuring over 320 species native to the region. It offers concise identification tips, behavioral notes, and habitat info, complemented by a curated list of prime birdwatching locations. Ideal for travelers and casual birders seeking a reliable, visually rich companion to explore the Middle East’s diverse avifauna. ## Description A photographic field guide to the amazing avifauna of the Middle East. The Middle East enjoys a wonderfully diverse avifauna, featuring a host of wintering and passage migrants, enigmatic and sometimes colourful breeders, and even a few endemics that occur nowhere else. The ideal companion for any wildlife-friendly visitor, Birds of the Middle East provides photographic coverage of more than 320 species that regularly occur in the region. Concise text for each species includes information on identification, songs and calls, behaviour, distribution and habitat, with each photo having been carefully selected to guide identification. A guide to the best birdwatching sites in the Middle East is also included. Portable yet authoritative, this is the perfect guide for travellers and wildlife-watchers visiting this spectacular and bird-rich slice of western Asia. Review: Ok as an overview - I bought this book for my trips to Qatar. As an overview it is ok and the photographs are good. There is a brief resume of each bird including mention of it's range and what time of the year you are likely to see each species. However, I would consider this book as an "aide memoire" and not really useful when it comes to tricky identification. Many of the birds in the Middle East are quite distinctive anyway and this book will suffice yet I felt that when it came to try to distinguish whether a bird seen a long distance was a curlew of Whimbrel, the fact that there was no mention of the eyestripe to differentiate compromised the usefulness of this book. I think it would be the same for other species. More distinctive birds unique to the area could be indentified by this book despite the short-comings. The benefit is that is it a small, lightwieght paperback and that it is sufficient to zone in on a particular species with more accuracy on line. As a field guide, the reference for birding "hot spots" was helpful but it would probably be necessary to go for something more thorough and comprehensive if you are doing serious birdwatching in this area. For the general reading, this book will be of interest. Review: Useful, concise, informative - Photographs excellent, descriptions adequate and to the point. Useful information on locations to birdwatch. Useful book. ## Features - New Store Stock ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | 363,484 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 178 in Birdwatching Holidays 271 in Wild Birds 641 in Birds (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.2 out of 5 stars 30 Reviews | ## Images ![Birds of the Middle East (Helm Wildlife Guides) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81ptlPBFpiL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐ Ok as an overview *by I***D on 25 September 2022* I bought this book for my trips to Qatar. As an overview it is ok and the photographs are good. There is a brief resume of each bird including mention of it's range and what time of the year you are likely to see each species. However, I would consider this book as an "aide memoire" and not really useful when it comes to tricky identification. Many of the birds in the Middle East are quite distinctive anyway and this book will suffice yet I felt that when it came to try to distinguish whether a bird seen a long distance was a curlew of Whimbrel, the fact that there was no mention of the eyestripe to differentiate compromised the usefulness of this book. I think it would be the same for other species. More distinctive birds unique to the area could be indentified by this book despite the short-comings. The benefit is that is it a small, lightwieght paperback and that it is sufficient to zone in on a particular species with more accuracy on line. As a field guide, the reference for birding "hot spots" was helpful but it would probably be necessary to go for something more thorough and comprehensive if you are doing serious birdwatching in this area. For the general reading, this book will be of interest. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Useful, concise, informative *by T***S on 4 April 2022* Photographs excellent, descriptions adequate and to the point. Useful information on locations to birdwatch. Useful book. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ What birds we will find in Israel as we are going there *by P***A on 7 May 2022* Each bird in the book does not have a little map next to it to know it the bird is found in Israel or not ## Frequently Bought Together - Birds of the Middle East (Helm Wildlife Guides,) (Helm Wildlife Guides, 3) - The Birds of Egypt and the Middle East --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.us/products/350259924-birds-of-the-middle-east-helm-wildlife-guides](https://www.desertcart.us/products/350259924-birds-of-the-middle-east-helm-wildlife-guides) --- *Product available on Desertcart United States of America* *Store origin: US* *Last updated: 2026-07-11*