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ULTIMATE CENTRAL PERU TOUR REPORT 2024
The 2024 Central Peru tour was extremely successful – we managed to see the vast majority of our targets and specialities. This tour offers a large number of endemic species, many of which can only be seen on this particular journey. Although the tour is not focused on sheer numbers, we still recorded an impressive […]
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NORTHERN ECUADOR TOUR REPORT 2024
Northern Ecuador is one of the finest birding destinations in South America, standing out for its exceptional diversity of birds and the variety of habitats available across different elevation ranges on both slopes of the northern Ecuador Andes. On the western slope, you will encounter Chocó birds; on the eastern side, an Amazonian influence is […]
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ULTIMATE COSTA RICA TOUR REPORT 2025
This year, our Classic Costa Rica Tour was very successful (again), with an impressive total of 553 species recorded. We added one cumulative species to the Costa Rica list: Cattle Tyrant, which was seen near the wetlands of Caño Negro. We also targeted almost all possible endemics and regional endemics, achieving remarkable success with several […]
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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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ULTIMATE 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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