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
Zambia, 13-26 October 2022, with Ethan Kistler -- Zambia is a wonderfully scenic country in the middle... (more)
Mexico: Veracruz - A River of Birds, Sep 24 - Oct 7 2022 (A New Departure) , with Steve Dougill and Alberto Lobato -- The Mexican state of Veracruz is a justifiably famous... (more)
The Solomon Islands, 7-25 September 2023, with Ryan Chenery -- The Solomon Islands are one of the few remaining places... (more)
COVID 19 Updates
With vaccinations underway in many countries, we’re excited to be running tours again. For more about our COVID 19 response, click here.
Guaranteed Tours
Northern Finland and Arctic Norway with Steve Rooke – 1-12 June.
Ecuador: Mindo and the Northwest Andes with Luke Seitz - 18-26 June.
Angola with Tertius Gous and Steve Rooke - 31 July-16 August.
Arizona Second Spring with Jon Dunn - 24 July-4 August. One space remains.
Ecuador: Amazon Lowlands with Steve Howell - 30 July-7 August. Two spaces remain.
CONFIRMING SOON:
Alaska: Fall Migration at Gambell & the Pribilofs with Raymond Vanbuskirk - 2-10 September, Pribilofs to 15 September.
Private Tours
WINGS organizes private tours worldwide. Details here.
Stay Connected with WINGS
Rosita’s Bunting is a little-known Mexican endemic seen on Mexico: Oaxaca and Western Chiapas. Read Luke Seitz’s most recent tour narrative here.
Photo: Chris Wood
From the Home/From the Field
May 17: Gavin Bieber reports from Southeastern Arizona
The 2022 WINGS Spring Arizona tour combined a wealth of the namesake owls and warblers as well as several truly rare species... (more)
May 16: John Yerger reports from Central Texas.
After working hard to secure reasonable views of Black-capped Vireo the day prior, this male at Lost Maples landed on... (more)
May 4: Gavin Bieber reports from South Florida:
We just wrapped up our 2022 WINGS Spring Florida tour, a trip which provides a great survey of the habitats and avifauna... (more)
WINGS Publications
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Our Leaders & Staff
Steve Howell
Steve Howell has been birding for as long as he can remember: of course, this may simply mean that his memory isn’t very good. But the many who have traveled with him over his more than 30 years of leading tours around the world soon learn that... (more)
Featured Tour
Cruise: New Zealand, the Tasman Sea and Australia - An Antipodean Adventure
Bordered by the Tasman Sea on the west and the South Pacific on the east, New Zealand stretches almost 1,000 miles north to south. Eons of isolation have given the three main islands and a multitude of smaller islands a unique avifauna, with four endemic families, and an array of endemic species. Thanks to cold and biologically rich waters, the... (more)
AZ Birding
Coming to southeastern Arizona and want guiding help for just a day or two? Find an excellent guide at AZ-Birding.
