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NORTHERN ECUADOR TOUR REPORT 2025
Northern Ecuador is one of the finest 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 Choco birds; on the eastern side, an Amazonian influence is evident; and as […]
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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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CALIFORNIA & ARIZONA SPECIALITIES TOUR REPORT 2026
Our first California & Arizona specialities tour turned out to be a great success! In 16 full days we did not only see almost all possible specialties, but we also had great views of most of them – even the most difficult ones (to see)! Highlights included a fabulous Spotted Owl, good views of numerous […]
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GUATEMALA & HONDURAS TOUR REPORT 2026
Our second Guatemala & Honduras tour was very successful. Compared to the first edition, we made several improvements that allowed us to use our time more efficiently in certain areas and increase our chances of seeing some of the more challenging target species. As a result, we recorded 407 species (18 more than on the […]
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ATLANTIC ODYSSEY TOUR REPORT 2026
The 2026 Atlantic Odyssey was a very unusual tour blessed with many marvelous observations of birds and marine mammals in some of the more remote islands of the world, but sadly and very unusually blighted by the occurrence of the dreaded Hanta virus on board of the ship, the Hondius. We did manage to visit […]
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BHUTAN TOUR REPORT 2026
An epic tour to Bhutan once again, with a grand total of 403 species recorded. The highlights included Satyr Tragopans, Himalayan Monals, White-bellied Herons, a male Ward’s Trogon, Beautiful Nuthatch, Ibisbills, a kaleidescope of Laughingthrushes and that all-important little Spotted Elachura. We also had superb encounters with Hill Partridge, Blood Pheasants, Tawny and Brown Fish […]
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ANTARCTICA: THE PENINSULA TOUR REPORT 2026
This tour started under a rather bad omen, as only a few days before the start we were told that the ship “Hondius” was out of order and that the only possibility was to join the ship “Ortelius” on a cruise to the Weddell Sea. We didn’t have much choice really and were a bit […]
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TAIWAN TOUR REPORT 2026
Taiwan is a beautiful sub-tropical, mountainous island with large and well-protected natural areas. No fewer than 32 endemics occur, many of which are both beautiful and distinctive, with spectacular species like Mikado and Swinhoe’s Pheasants, Taiwan Blue Magpie, Taiwan Yuhina and White-eared Sibia. The main island also shares a decent number of near-endemics with China […]
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SOUTHERN MEXICO TOUR REPORT 2026
The Southern Mexico tour is the most comprehensive of the Birdquest itineraries in the country, covering Oaxaca, Chiapas, Veracruz, and central Mexico, and exploring a wide range of habitats in search of the region’s many specialties. On this occasion, a Morelos pre-extension allowed us to add key highland species along with the Balsas drainage specialties […]
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RED PANDA EXPEDITION TOUR REPORT 2026
Our 2026 Red Panda Expedition was an occasional mammal watching experiment, which although it produced some great birds, was very much about the target in the title. Most of our time was spent focusing on this incredible creature, to the extent that birding opportunities were simply added where possible rather than taking priority like we […]
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