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
Mongolia: The Eastern Steppes, 19-29 May 2026, with Stephen Menzie -- We offer a unique itinerary to the far east of Mongolia,... (more)
Alaska: The Pribilofs and Utqiagvik (Barrow) in Fall, Sep 29 - Oct 7 2024, with Raymond VanBuskirk -- Alaska’s Pribilof Islands lie in the Bering... (more)
Poland in Spring, 19-26 May 2024, with Stephen Menzie -- Birding in Eastern Poland in late May is magical.... (more)
Colombia: Central, Jun 28 - Jul 8 2024, with Fabrice Schmitt -- Hummingbirds galore plus sparkling tanagers, elusive antpittas and even Mountain-Toucan, all while enjoying a cup of Colombian coffee! (more)
Trinidad and Tobago, 17-27 July 2024, with Ethan Kistler -- Lying just off the coast of Venezuela, the island... (more)
Health Protocols
To view our health policies, click here.
Guaranteed Tours
Mongolia with Paul French. 26 May–12 June. Two spaces remain.
Indonesia: West Papua with Susan Myers. 26 June-19 July.
Costa Rica in July with Scott Olmstead. 9-20 July.
Madagascar with Brian Finch. 4-22 September. Two spaces remain.
Trinidad and Tobago with Ethan Kistler. 17-27 July.
CONFIRMING SOON:
Alaska: Gambell in Fall with Raymond Vanbuskirk. 25 August-3 September.
Private Tours
WINGS organizes private tours worldwide. Details here.
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Demoiselle Cranes are a sublimely elegant feature of our tour Central Asia: Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.
Photo: Steve Rooke
From the Field
May 13: Paul Holt reports from Taiwan
Once again we saw all of the island’s 31 endemics on this year’s Taiwan tour– with several Swinhoe’s... (more)
May 6: Skye Haas reports from the recent Colorado: Lekking Grouse tour
WINGS has once again successfully completed yet another tour of Colorado, Kansas & Nebraska for the various... (more)
May 1: Jon Feenstra reports from the Upper Texas Coast
We just finished up a great week on the Texas coast, where it only takes the right kind of wind to turn a good place into... (more)
WINGS Publications
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Our Leaders & Staff
Paul Tamwenya
Paul Tamwenya was born in Eastern Uganda near the foothills of Mount Elgon National Park and grew up accompanying his grandfather, who was a great hunter of birds, small mammals and big rodents, on forays into the natural world near his home. These experiences... (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.
