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SOUTHWEST CHINA TOUR REPORT 2026

This new tour, one of the first of its kind, focussed significantly on some of China’s most renowned bird hides, in Hainan, Guizhou and Yunnan provinces. It proved to be a great success, and a remarkable experience, allowing as it did, some incredible views of an amazing and dazzling selection of Chinese, Sino-Himalayan and other […]

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LIBERIA & SIERRA LEONE TOUR REPORT 2026

This was our first tour combining these two West African countries, which offer an excellent suite of localized Upper Guinea endemics including a few that are difficult to see outside of these countries! Being a first attempt, a few teething problems were inevitable, and we certainly had our share, but we managed to overcome them, […]

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CLASSIC BORNEO: SABAH TOUR REPORT 2025

Our 2025 Borneo Classic Birding Tour concluded in triumph, treating participants to extraordinary wildlife encounters across the island’s diverse habitats. We logged countless prized endemic birds, including the highly sought-after Bornean Bristlehead, Whitehead’s trio—Whitehead’s Trogon, Whitehead’s Broadbill and Whitehead’s Spiderhunter; Everett’s Thrush, Fruithunter, Bornean Stubtail, Mountain Serpent Eagle, Bare-headed Laughingthrush, and the uncommon Hose’s Broadbill, […]

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BORNEO: SABAH PHEASANTS & SARAWAK SPECIALITIES TOUR REPORT 2025

Building on last year’s highly acclaimed Malaysian Borneo itinerary—hailed as the most comprehensive of its kind—we revisited the same proven route this year. By following this well-tested, crowd-pleasing journey, we matched last year’s exceptional birding results, crafting another high-value experience for every participant. Our pre-tour and post-tour extensions once again exceeded expectations: we not only […]

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SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS OF NEW ZEALAND & AUSTRALIA TOUR REPORT 2025

Our group of Birdquesters assembled as part of a much larger group of people that were to board the Heritage Adventurer to take part in Heritage Expedition’s “Birding Down Under” cruise over a period of two days in Queenstown, New Zealand. The benefit of being part of a BirdQuest subset was that our group size […]

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BRAZIL’S EASTERN AMAZONIA TOUR REPORT 2025

Our Brazil Eastern Amazon tour was highly successful, recording a great species diversity and a high proportion of regional specialties. We visited multiple localities across the vast state of Pará, a rich yet highly threatened region of the Brazilian Amazon Basin, exploring a variety of habitats across different Amazonian centers of endemism within distinct interfluvial […]

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SOUTHERN & CENTRAL ARGENTINA TOUR REPORT 2025

Southern and Central Argentina 2025 was another success in over thirty years of Birdquest tours to this area. In Cordoba, central Argentina, we picked off the main targets one by one including Dinelli’s Doradito, Dot-winged Crake, Spot-winged Falconet, Red-tailed Comet, Salinas Monjita, Black-legged Seriema, Cordoba and Olrog’s Cinclodes and Chaco Sparrow. Then, in the Pampas, […]

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CHILE TOUR REPORT 2025

This year’s Chile tour was a blinder with, as usual, all of the endemics including the critically endangered Chilean Woodstar and all eight species of tapaculo from the giant Moustached Turca to the skulking White-throated Tapaculo and elusive huet-huets. Waders featured strongly with walk away views of the stunning Diademed Sandpiper-Plover, enigmatic Magellanic Plover, superb […]

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CLASSIC PAPUA NEW GUINEA (I) TOUR REPORT 2025

Papua New Guinea provides one of the most testing yet rewarding experience for any birder with an interest in global birding! The unique avifauna is perhaps best known for the amazing birds-of-paradise and any birder remotely interested in birding abroad will dream about visiting this very special island to see these stunning birds which were […]

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ULTIMATE NORTHEAST BRAZIL TOUR REPORT 2025

Northeast Brazil is one of those absolutely classic tour destinations! It has a great number of species including a good number of mouthwatering stars, and at the same time harbours a number of critically endangered habitats and species that sadly may not be with us for too much longer. There are one or two success […]

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