WINGS Birding Tours Worldwide
Welcome to WINGS
If you’re an old hand, we hope our program is of interest. If you’re new to birding tours, you might find our essay “Choosing a Birding Tour” helpful.
Booking from the UK
If you are from the United Kingdom, we appreciate that you may have some questions about the whole process from contacting the WINGS office, to booking, payment, flights, and joining the tour. Click here for detailed information on these points.
What's New
Eastern South Africa , 9-27 November 2023, with Ethan Kistler -- South Africa has long been considered a prime birding... (more)
The Solomon Islands, 7-25 September 2023, with Ryan Chenery -- The Solomon Islands are one of the few remaining places... (more)
Zambia, 13-26 October 2022, with Ethan Kistler -- Zambia is a wonderfully scenic country in the middle... (more)
COVID 19 Updates
To view our covid protocol and policies, click here.
Guaranteed Tours
Kenya: Samburu to the Masai Mara with Brian Finch - 10-26 November. Two spaces remain.
Mexico: The Yucatan and Cozumel with Ethan Kistler - 2-10 December. One space remains.
Cruise: New Zealand, the Tasman Sea and Australia with Luke Seitz and Steve Howell - 1-14 December. Two spaces remain.
Argentina: The South - the Pampas, Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego with Jake Mohlmann - 5-19 January.
New Zealand, Island Endemics and Seabirds with Brent Stephenson - 4-24 February. One space remains.
Private Tours
WINGS organizes private tours worldwide. Details here.
Stay Connected with WINGS
A Redwing occasionally joins the flocks of wintering American Robins on Newfoundland: Winter Birds. Read about the other avian wonders on Jon Dunn’s latest tour here
Photo: Bruce Mactavish
From the Home/From the Field
September 23: Jake Mohlmann has just completed our always-popular Arizona & Utah tour and reports:
We just finished up our WINGS tour through northern Arizona and southern Utah, traveling just over 2,000 miles of... (more)
August 31: Rich Hoyer reports from our second Mato Grosso/Cristalino tour in Brazil
Our second Marvelous Mato Grosso tour this summer was in reverse order, so our first six days of birding in the Pantanal... (more)
August 23: Jon Feenstra reprorts from Sani Lodge, Ecuador
We just got back from a fun and successful tour to the lowland Amazon Rainforest of eastern Ecuador. We were based for a... (more)
WINGS Publications
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Our Leaders & Staff
Brian Finch
Brian Finch was born in the U.K., virtually popping out into the world with the binoculars already around his neck. During his early teens, while at Battersea Grammar School in London, he joined the Beddington Sewage Farm ringing group. The kindness... (more)
Featured Tour
New Zealand - Island Endemics and Seabirds
A birding tour to New Zealand is packed full of highlights: albatrosses so close you can count the droplets of water on their feathers, the deafening calls of New Zealand Bellbirds ringing through the forest at dawn, a confiding New Zealand Robin standing guard on a forest path, a Kiwi snuffling through the leaf litter. All of these classic images... (more)
AZ Birding
Coming to southeastern Arizona and want guiding help for just a day or two? Find an excellent guide at AZ-Birding.
