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Brown-headed Nuthatch Buff-bellied Hummingbird Buff-breasted Flycatcher Buff-breasted Sandpiper Bufflehead Bullock’s Oriole Burrowing Owl Bushtit Cackling Goose Cactus Wren California Condor California Gull California Quail California Thrasher California Towhee Calliope Hummingbird Canada Goose Canada Jay (Previously Gray Jay) Canada Warbler Canvasback Canyon Towhee Canyon Wren Cape May Warbler Carolina Chickadee Carolina Wren Caspian Tern Cassin’s Auklet Cassin’s Finch Cassin’s Kingbird Cassin’s Sparrow Cassin’s Vireo Cattle Egret Cave Swallow Cedar Waxwing Cerulean Warbler Chestnut-backed Chickadee Chestnut-collared Longspur Chestnut-sided Warbler Chihuahuan Raven Chimney Swift Chipping Sparrow Chuck-will’s-widow Chukar Cinnamon Teal Clapper Rail Clark’s Grebe Clark’s Nutcracker Clay-colored Sparrow Cliff Swallow Colima Warbler Common Eider Common Gallinule Common Goldeneye Common Grackle Common Ground-Dove Common Loon Common Merganser Common Murre Common Nighthawk Common Pauraque Common Poorwill Common Raven Common Redpoll Common Tern Common Yellowthroat Connecticut Warbler Cooper’s Hawk Cordilleran Flycatcher Costa’s Hummingbird Couch’s Kingbird Crescent-chested Warbler Crested Caracara Crissal Thrasher Curve-billed Thrasher Dark-eyed Junco Dickcissel Double-crested Cormorant Dovekie Downy Woodpecker Dunlin Dusky Flycatcher Dusky Grouse Eared Grebe Eastern Bluebird Eastern Kingbird Eastern Meadowlark Eastern Phoebe Eastern Screech-Owl Eastern Towhee Eastern Whip-poor-will Eastern Wood-Pewee Elegant Tern Elf Owl Emperor Goose Eurasian Collared-Dove Eurasian Tree Sparrow Eurasian Wigeon European Starling Evening Grosbeak Ferruginous Hawk Field Sparrow Fish Crow Flammulated Owl Florida Scrub-Jay Forster’s Tern Fox Sparrow Franklin’s Gull Fulvous Whistling-Duck Gadwall Gambel’s Quail Gila Woodpecker Gilded Flicker Glaucous Gull Glaucous-winged Gull Glossy Ibis Golden Eagle Golden-cheeked Warbler Golden-crowned Kinglet Golden-crowned Sparrow Golden-crowned Warbler Golden-fronted Woodpecker Golden-winged Warbler Grace’s Warbler Grasshopper Sparrow Gray Catbird Gray Flycatcher Gray Kingbird Gray Partridge Gray Vireo Gray-cheeked Thrush Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch Great Black-backed Gull Great Blue Heron Great Cormorant Great Crested Flycatcher Great Egret Great Gray Owl Great Horned Owl Great Kiskadee Great-tailed Grackle Greater Pewee Greater Prairie-Chicken Greater Roadrunner Greater Sage-Grouse Greater Scaup Greater White-fronted Goose Greater Yellowlegs Green Heron Green Jay Green-tailed-towhee Green-winged Teal Groove-billed Ani Gull-billed Tern Gunnison Sage-Grouse Gyrfalcon Hairy Woodpecker Hammond’s Flycatcher Harlequin Duck Harris’s Hawk Harris’s Sparrow Heermann’s Gull Henslow’s Sparrow Hepatic Tanager Hermit Thrush Hermit Warbler Herring Gull Hoary Redpoll Hooded Merganser Hooded Oriole Hooded Warbler Horned Grebe Horned Lark Horned Puffin House Finch House Sparrow House Wren Hudsonian Godwit Hutton’s Vireo Inca Dove Indigo Bunting Ivory-billed Woodpecker Juniper Titmouse Kentucky Warbler Killdeer King Eider King Rail Kirtland’s Warbler Ladder-backed Woodpecker Lapland Longspur Lark Bunting Lark Sparrow Laughing Gull Lawrence’s Goldfinch Lazuli Bunting Le Conte’s Sparrow Le Conte’s Thrasher Least Bittern Least Flycatcher Least Grebe Least Sandpiper Least Tern Lesser Black-backed Gull Lesser Goldfinch Lesser Prairie-Chicken Lesser Scaup Lesser Yellowlegs Lewis’s Woodpecker Limpkin Lincoln’s Sparrow Little Blue Heron Loggerhead Shrike Long-billed Curlew Long-billed Dowitcher Long-eared Owl Long-tailed Duck Louisiana Waterthrush Lucifer Hummingbird Lucy’s Warbler MacGillivray’s Warbler Magnificent Frigatebird Magnificent Hummingbird Magnolia Warbler Mallard Mangrove Cuckoo Marbled Godwit Marsh Wren Masked Duck McCown’s Longspur Merlin Mew Gull Mexican Jay Mississippi Kite Montezuma Quail Mottled Duck Mountain Bluebird Mountain Chickadee Mountain Plover Mountain Quail Mourning Dove Mourning Warbler Mute Swan Nashville Warbler Neotropic Cormorant Northern Bobwhite Northern Cardinal Northern Flicker Northern Fulmar Northern Gannet Northern Goshawk Northern Harrier Northern Hawk Owl Northern Mockingbird Northern Parula Northern Pintail Northern Rough-winged Swallow Northern Saw-whet Owl Northern Shoveler Northern Shrike Northern Waterthrush Northwestern Crow Nuttall’s Woodpecker Oak Titmouse Olive-sided Flycatcher Orange-crowned Warbler Orchard Oriole Osprey Ovenbird Pacific Golden-Plover Pacific Loon Pacific-slope Flycatcher Painted Bunting Painted Redstart Palm Warbler Pectoral Sandpiper Pelagic Cormorant Peregrine Falcon Phainopepla Philadelphia Vireo Pied-billed Grebe Pigeon Guillemot Pileated Woodpecker Pine Grosbeak Pine Siskin Pine Warbler Pinyon Jay Piping Plover Plain Chachalaca Plumbeous Vireo Prairie Falcon Prairie Warbler Prothonotary Warbler Purple Finch Purple Gallinule Purple Martin Purple Sandpiper Pygmy Nuthatch Pyrrhuloxia Razorbill Red Crossbill Red Knot Red Phalarope Red-bellied Woodpecker Red-breasted Merganser Red-breasted Nuthatch Red-breasted Sapsucker Red-cockaded Woodpecker Red-eyed Vireo Red-faced Warbler Red-headed Woodpecker Red-naped Sapsucker Red-necked Grebe Red-necked Phalarope Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Red-throated Loon Red-winged Blackbird Reddish Egret Redhead Ring-billed Gull Ring-necked Duck Ring-necked Pheasant Rock Pigeon Rock Ptarmigan Rock Sandpiper Rose-breasted Grosbeak Roseate Spoonbill Roseate Tern Ross’s Goose Rough-legged Hawk Royal Tern Ruby-crowned Kinglet Ruby-throated Hummingbird Ruddy Duck Ruddy Turnstone Ruffed Grouse Rufous Hummingbird Rufous-capped Warbler Rufous-winged Sparrow Rusty Blackbird Sabine’s Gull Sage Sparrow Sage Thrasher Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow Sanderling Sandhill Crane Sandwich Tern Savannah Sparrow Say’s Phoebe Scaled Quail Scarlet Tanager Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Scott’s Oriole Seaside Sparrow Sedge Wren Semipalmated Plover Semipalmated Sandpiper Sharp-shinned Hawk Sharp-tailed Grouse Short-billed Dowitcher Short-eared Owl Slate-throated Redstart Smith’s Longspur Smooth-billed Ani Snail Kite Snow Bunting Snow Goose Snowy Egret Snowy Plover Solitary Sandpiper Song Sparrow Sooty Grouse Sora Spotted Owl Spotted Sandpiper Spotted Towhee Sprague’s Pipit Spruce Grouse Steller’s Jay Stilt Sandpiper Summer Tanager Surf Scoter Surfbird Swainson’s Hawk Swainson’s Thrush Swainson’s Warbler Swallow-tailed Kite Swamp Sparrow Tennessee Warbler Thick-billed Murre Townsend’s Solitaire Townsend’s Warbler Tree Swallow Tricolored Heron Tropical Kingbird Trumpeter Swan Tufted Puffin Tufted Titmouse Tundra Swan Turkey Vulture Upland Sandpiper Varied Bunting Varied Thrush Vaux’s Swift Veery Verdin Vermilion Flycatcher Vesper Sparrow Violet-green Swallow Virginia Rail Virginia’s Warbler Warbling Vireo Western Bluebird Western Grebe Western Gull Western Kingbird Western Sandpiper Western Screech-Owl Western Tanager Western Wood-Pewee Western-Meadowlark Whimbrel White Ibis White-breasted Nuthatch White-crowned Pigeon White-crowned Sparrow White-eyed Vireo White-faced Ibis White-headed Woodpecker White-rumped Sandpiper White-tailed Hawk White-tailed Kite White-tailed Ptarmigan White-throated Sparrow White-throated Swift White-tipped Dove White-winged Crossbill White-winged Dove White-winged Scoter Whooping Crane Wild Turkey Willet Williamson’s Sapsucker Willow Flycatcher Willow Ptarmigan Wilson’s Phalarope Wilson’s Plover Wilson’s Snipe Wilson’s Warbler Winter Wren Wood Duck Wood Stork Wood Thrush Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay Worm-eating Warbler Wrentit Yellow Rail Yellow Warbler Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Yellow-billed Cuckoo Yellow-billed Magpie Yellow-breasted Chat Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Yellow-headed Blackbird Yellow-rumped Warbler Yellow-throated Vireo Yellow-throated Warbler Zone-tailed Hawk

Birding Tour Companies

Birding-Tours

Taking a trip with a birding tour company is a great way to see new birds, new locations and to make new friends. Tour companies are sometimes able to arrange access to otherwise private locations. Tour leaders also stay up with the latest sightings and can help participants find rare or targeted species.

U.S.-based tour companies are shown below.

For international tour companies select the country on the left.   Some U.S.-based companies do offer international birding trips.

Also check the Destinations page for lodges, parks, etc in a particular location.  Both U.S. and international locations are listed.

Bird Treks

Cheepers! Birding on a Budget
Destinations include Ecuador, Belize, Panama, Costa Rica, Peru

Field Guides – World Wide

King Bird Tours – The Asia Specialists

Naturetrek – UK based

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White-eared Jacamar (Galbalcyrhynchus leucotis) perched on a branch near the Napo River in Amazonian Ecuador.

Rockjumper Birding Tours
Rockjumper Birding Tours is a dedicated bird tour company specializing in quality birdwatching tours and wildlife safaris throughout the world, guided by passionate and experienced professional tour leaders. Our portfolio of 300 different birding tours encompasses 100 destinations.  Featured information.

Seabirding Pelagic Trips
Departures form the Carolinas

Shearwater Journey’s
Pelagic specialists, California coast.

Victor Emanuel Nature Tours (VENT)
World wide

Wings – Birding Tours World Wide

 

By State:

California

Eyes of the wild
Faith Rigolosi
1025 Martin St. sp18
Lakeport, Ca.
Phone:    (707) 262-2401
Web:    eyesofthewild.US
Email:    faithrig@gmail.com
Wonderful pontoon boat bird tours on Clear Lake, California.

Nature Trip
Noreen Weeden
493 Vermont Street
San Francisco, CA
Phone:  415-355-0450
www.naturetrip.com
Half-day, full-day or multi-day trips starting from San Francisco. Fun Filled Adventures are just a few clicks away Our tours are designed for all levels of nature enthusiasts with emphasis on bird watching, wildlife behavior, natural history and conservancy. Regularly scheduled full and half day trips originate from our home base in San Francisco, California as we explore the spectacular Pacific Coast, Coastal Mountain range, San Francisco Bay marshlands and the surprisingly wild Sacramento Delta.

Nature Trip’s friendly guides aim to provide a fun filled, memorable experience each day and will customize the itinerary based on current weather, tide conditions, wildlife migration status and group preferences. Multi-day trips venture to the more distant corners of the Golden State and beyond to witness fascinating wildlife migrations, stunning landscapes and to experience the richness of the cultures of the folks that make up this diverse region.

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Great Thrush (Turdus fuscater) perched on a branch near the papallacta Pass in the highlands of central Ecuador.

Florida

Central Florida Nature Adventures, LLC
Jenny Boyd
35830 County Rd 439
Eustis, FL
Phone: 352-589-7899
Web: www.floridabirdwatching.com
Email:jenniferkayaks@yahoo.com
Description: We provide guided bird watching tours in Central Florida via our kayak excursions. Novice or experienced, we pride ourselves in accommodating the nature lovers, birders, photographers and paddlers alike.

Indiana

Interlude Tours
Contact name:    JoAnn Carr
Address 1:    7816 N Chester Av.
Address 2:
City:    Indianapolis
State:    IN
Country:    USA
Phone:    317-913-0387
Fax:    317-576-0232
Web:    www.interludetours.com
Email:    joann@interludetours.com

Maine

Down East Nature Tours
Michael Good
150 Knox Road
Bar Harbor,Maine
Phone: 207-288-8128
Web: http://www.downeastnaturetours.com
Email: info@downeastnaturetours.com

Down East Nature Tours provides personalized Maine tours to meet your individual needs. Michael Good is available all year for snowshoeing, skiing, hiking, or biking adventures in coastal Down East Maine.

Maine Birding Trail

Bob Duchesne
478 Beechwood Avenue
Old Town, Maine
Phone: 207-827-3782
Web: http://www.mainebirdingtrail.com
Email:  duchesne@midmaine.com

Maine Birding Trail offers a wide variety of Maine birding opportunities in various regions of Maine

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Paradise Tanager (Tangara chilensis) perched on a branch near Podocarpus National Park in southeast Ecuador.

Oregon

Paradise Birding
Stephen Shunk
1962 SW Knoll Ave
Bend, Oregon
Phone: 5414081753
Web: www.paradisebirding.com
Email: steve@paradisebirding.com

Welcome to Paradise Birding! We specialize in leading small groups on carefully crafted birding and natural history tours to such celebrated destinations as Southeastern Arizona, the Texas Hill Country, Florida\’s Dry Tortugas, and Barrow, Alaska. We also lead international tours to Sicily and Mexico. Join us for a birding vacation, and let us help enhance your appreciation for bird behaviors, habitats, ecology, and conservation.

 

Questions to Ask the Tour Company

If you are not familiar with the tour company, give them a call and ask a few basic questions.

1. Who is leading the tour?

2. How much experience does the tour leader have in the area you will be visiting? First trips to an unfamiliar region may not be as productive as they might be.

3. Many tour companies use local experts with local knowledge. Ask if this is the case.

4. Try to visit with one of the leaders for the trip. A short conversation can sometimes reveal a personality conflict. Trips can be tiring and personal conflicts can occur.

5. Ask about the size of the group. You may prefer the extra attention available in a small group. In larger groups, ask about the number of leaders per participant. One leader per ten participants is a good ratio.

6. Be sure you know what is included in the cost of the tour.

*Transportation to a specific departure area is usually not covered. This may include overseas air costs.

*Meals may not be included.

*Determine if there are additional optional expenses, such as a better room or side trips.

7. Ask if you can contact a previous participant, and then ask that participant for another contact.

Most major tour companies do an excellent job. If the tour company has been in business for several years, it is a good bet they know how to take care of their customers.

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Pied Puffbird (Notharchus tectus) perched on a branch near the Napo River in Amazonian Ecuador.

Suggest A Tour Company

We will be glad to include established tour companies or trip leaders on this page. Just submit the form below to recommend a company, including your own.

Guatemala Birding Tour Companies

Martsam Travel
Contact: Benedicto Grijalva
San Pedro El Alto, Antigua Guatemala
Sacatepequez
Guatemala
Phone: (502) 7832 2742
Web: www.birdwatchingguatemala.com
Email: benedicto@martsam.com

Martsam Tour & Travel is a Tour Operator and Destination Management Company that organize professional birding and nature tours focused on sustainable tourism by respecting nature, the environment, the local community and their traditions. Our destinations for Birdwatching are manifested as journeys through different ecosystems and multicolored communities, developed to ensure your complete satisfaction. We organize amazing tours for groups and independent travelers, for avid birdwatchers we will prepare target trips based on their expectations. If you are a beginner birder we will plan a fantastic itinerary where you will be able to learn about birds and the fantastic natural world of Guatemala.

 

Puerto Rico Birding Tour Companies

Birding Puerto Rico
Hilda Morales
Uroyán 1102
Alturas de Mayagüez
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
PUERTO RICO
Phone:    (787) 530-8311
www.birdingpr.com
Email: hilda@birdingpr.com
Half, full, and multi-day guided birding trips, plus all-inclusive birding packages in Puerto Rico. Fully licensed company with 18 years of experience.

 

South Africa Birding Tour Companies

Rockjumper Birding Tours
Adam Riley
PO Box 13972
Cascades 3202
KZN
South Africa
Phone:    +27 33 3940225
Fax:    +27 88 033 3940225
Web:    www.rockjumperbirding.com
Email:    info@rockjumperbirding.com
Rockjumper Birding Tours was founded in 1998 and has grown to become one of the largest and most successful bird tour companies in the world. They operate over 150 tours annually to more than 60 countries throughout the world, these include set date scheduled departure and private customized tours, all guided by professional bird tour leaders.

 

Spain Birding Tour Companies

 

Aviantours Birding Holidays
www.aviantours.net
Email: info@aviantours.net
Aviantours is a tour company specialising in birdwatching tours in GIBRALTAR, SPAIN & MOROCCO. They are also dedicated to teaching the art of bird & nature photography as well as digiscoping, They also arrange nature walks in the area and strives in every way to promote Gibraltar & the Straits.  The area is unique and important for bird migration between the two continents of Europe and Africa as well as the rich diversity of important species of other wildlife.

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Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl (Otus watsonii) perched on a branch near the Napo River in Amazonian Ecuador.

Uganda Birding Tour Companies

Avian Safaris
Crammy Wanyama
Zana, Entebbe Road
Kampala, Uganda
+256 782 475961
http://www.aviansafaris.com/

Avian Safaris is a native Ugandan based bird watching specialized tour company, operating in Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda. We emphasize quality of bird watching: The primary aim of our guides is to get you to those birds which are truly remarkable and elusive.

Bird Uganda Safaris
Herbert Byaruhanga
2nd Floor,Suite 27, Capital Shoppers Nakawa
Kampala, CA
Uganda
phone: +256777912938
Fax: +256414222737
Web:    www.birduganda.com
Email:    director@birduganda.com
Bird Uganda Safaris was incorporated in 2002 and has now grown to be the leading birding tour company in Uganda. With now over 25 tours a year in Uganda, and 10 in East African Region, the, with the best bird guides in Uganda makes the experience memorable.

About the Author

Sam Crowe

Sam is the founder of Birdzilla.com. He has been birding for over 30 years and has a world list of over 2000 species. He has served as treasurer of the Texas Ornithological Society, Sanctuary Chair of Dallas Audubon, Editor of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's "All About Birds" web site and as a contributing editor for Birding Business magazine. Many of his photographs and videos can be found on the site.

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