News & Reports from Birdquest Birding Tours Worldwide

NORTHERN ECUADOR TOUR REPORT 2026

The 2026 Northern Ecuador tour was once again a phenomenal success. The tour saw us travel from over 4300 metres at the tops of the Andes down to the Amazonian foothills and into the lowland Choco forest at less than 100 metres above sea level. Along the way we recorded a total of 677 different […]

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MALAYSIA & SINGAPORE SPECIALITIES TOUR REPORT 2026

Our tour to the Malay Peninsula has been revised and redesigned to give you as many special birds and experiences of the region as possible. This was the inaugural tour of this itinerary and we believe it was a great success! The small island of Singapore at the southern tip of the peninsula is often […]

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ULTIMATE SUMATRA TOUR REPORT 2026

Sumatra has a reputation for being a ‘difficult’ birding destination, and is one of the most endemic-rich islands in Asia and the World as a whole – a high priority destination for many birders. Our previous comprehensive Sumatra tour in 2024, was one of our most successful ever, so it was most satisfying to match […]

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CLASSIC PAPUA NEW GUINEA TOUR REPORT 2026

Papua New Guinea is well known for its endless primary forests and the great avifauna found in those. Birders arriving to the country are greatly influenced by the natural history programmes seen on television and hope that they will experience something similar to those. In many ways that fortunately comes true and the birds we […]

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NORTHWEST CHINA & THE TIBETAN PLATEAU TOUR REPORT 2026

This ‘comprehensive tour of Northwest China and the Tibetan Plateau’ covered the mountain and desert habitats of Xinjiang in far western China, before moving on to Xizang (Tibet proper) and Qinghai providing a fine selection of Tibetan Plateau specialities, plus many other highly desirable birds. The list of special birds included the much sought-after Lord […]

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ULTIMATE NORTHEAST INDIA TOUR REPORT 2026

This comprehensive 23-day tour of Northeast India proved to be another highly successful exploration of this remote corner of the Indian subcontinent. We recorded nearly 550 species of birds, including most of the region’s specialties and many other highly sought-after species. The world-famous Kaziranga National Park produced Finn’s Weaver, Pallas’s and Grey-headed Fish Eagles and […]

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‘EASY’ MONGOLIA TOUR REPORT 2026

Our inaugural ‘Easy’ Mongolia birding tour was a great success. In just eleven days, we saw the vast majority of Mongolia’s speciality birds while keeping the itinerary comfortable throughout: every night was spent either in a hotel or in a very comfortable ger (yurt) resort, with no need for basic camping. The wide range of […]

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ULTIMATE UGANDA TOUR REPORT 2026

Our 2026 Ultimate Uganda tour was another wonderful birding safari through one of the friendliest countries on the African continent. Sadly, for the residents of Uganda, fear had been struck into many prospective visitors to the country, due to the outbreak of the dreaded Ebola in adjacent DRC. Uganda itself had a total of just […]

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KITE OPTICS IMAGE STABILISED ED BINOCULARS – DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE

Some Birdquest guides have recently had the chance to try out the latest Kite Optics APC ED range of image-stabilised (IS) binoculars, and we have to say they are remarkable. For open country, wetland, coastal or pelagic birding, they are serious contenders, and in such situations often superior to top-end conventional binoculars. From the […]

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LAST CHANCE TO SEE? THE CRITICALLY ENDANGERED LESSER FLORICAN

Lesser Florican male displaying in late July 2026 (image by Mark Beaman) Once upon a time, the arrival of the monsoon rains in Northwestern India heralded the arrival of tens of thousands of Lesser Floricans (known as the Likh in Hindi) in the parched grasslands of Northwestern India. Their dramatic jumping display, which […]

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