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SOUTH INDIA & ANDAMAN ISLANDS TOUR REPORT 2024

The second outing of this recently revised itinerary, proved to be a great success once again. Another clean-sweep of all of the currently recognised Andaman Island endemics was followed by a comprehensive harvest of Southern Indian specialities. Highlights amongst this year’s grand total of 305 species were: Andaman Teal, Painted Bush Quail, Nilgiri and Andaman […]

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EASTERN AUSTRALIA TOUR REPORT 2024

Australia is perhaps the most biologically distinct of all the major continents, containing species and lineages which diverged from the rest of the world during the breakup of Gondwanaland. Forest dominated by Melaleuca (Eucalyptus, Gum-trees and Paperbarks) also contain scattered Ficus and even Arucaria species which are more closely related to species in South America […]

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WEST PAPUA’S VOGELKOP & RAJA AMPAT ISLANDS TOUR REPORT 2024

The Indonesian side of New Guinea offers a great opportunity to experience some of the best birds on the planet and circumstances were much improved in recent years, thus the visiting birder has a chance to see so much – even on a relatively short tour as ours was – that once was never even […]

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COMORO ISLANDS TOUR REPORT 2024

This was Birdquest’s fifth exploration of the Comoros Islands, a group of islands where even today, very few birders visit. The Comoros has a number of endemic birds, of which we saw 27 species, and a number of interesting island specific subspecies. Keeping in mind the current trend of splitting/elevating isolated island populations to species […]

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SOUTHEAST BRAZIL TOUR REPORT 2024

Our Southeast Brazil Tour, including the Rio Grande do Sul extension, proved once again to be one of the most successful tours for observing a large number of endemic species in Brazil. We explored a variety of habitats—not limited to the Atlantic Forest—ranging from the spectacular Vale Reserve near Espírito Santo to Rio Grande do […]

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CLASSIC BORNEO: SABAH TOUR REPORT 2024

Our Classic Borneo 2024 tour was another resounding success. We managed to observe many highly sought-after endemic species, including the Whitehead’s trio, Bornean Bristlehead, Fruithunter, Bornean Ground Cuckoo, Everett’s Thrush, Bornean Stubtail, and the Mountain, Bornean, and Black-throated Wren-babblers. Other highlights included Crimson-headed and Red-breasted Partridges, Bornean Crested Fireback, Bornean Blue Flycatcher, Blue-headed and Black-crowned […]

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BORNEO: SABAH PHEASANTS & SARAWAK SPECIALITIES TOUR REPORT 2024

This tour is for those who want to do them most comprehensive itinerary on offer in Malaysian Borneo! This year, we even added a few bits to make it even better than it already is and it was a great success! Both pre-tour extensions delivered the desired-for species in the forms of Friendly Bush Warbler […]

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SEYCHELLES, MAURITIUS, RODRIGUES & REÙNION TOUR REPORT 2024

The islands of the Seychelles, Mauritius, Rodrigues and Réunion located in the western Indian Ocean are the true paradise islands of the imagination offering exotic holidays on palm-fringed beaches lapped by turquoise seas. They are also one of the world’s main centres of bird extinctions with at least 30 species of birds, plus a whole […]

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NORTHERN PERU TOUR REPORT 2024

Our recent Northern Peru tour was a very special tour, where we got great sightings of the main specialties and stars of the tour, as well we were quite lucky to connect with some major rarities like Pink-throated Brilliant, White-faced Nunbird and Ecuadorian Seedeater and some Birdquest Lifers too. During the main tour with the […]

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CLASSIC MADAGASCAR TOUR REPORT 2024

The 2024 Birdquest Classic Madagascar tour was an epic journey in every possible respect. As we trundled out of the capital in the half-dawn light of our first early morning, a banner above the road proclaimed ‘que l’aventure commence’ (let the adventure start).This banner could not have been more prophetic, as we set out on […]

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