Birders on an avian safari with Wings Birding Tours in Kenya.
If you’re new to birding, a good place to start is in your own yard or at a local nature center. And if you’re ready to travel, these spots are known for their avian riches.
Attu Island, Alaska
Birds you might see: short-tailed albatross, common snipe, rustic bunting, brambling, Aleutian tern, gray-tailed tattler.
Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Texas
Birds you might see: green jay, plain chachalaca, ferruginous pygmy-owl, northern beardless-tyrannulet, clay-colored thrush, hook-billed kite.
Everglades National Park, Florida
Birds you might see: roseate spoonbill, wood stork, green-backed heron, glossy ibis, reddish egret.
Savegre Cloudforest, Costa Rica
Birds you might see: spangle-cheeked tanager, black-capped flycatcher, fiery-throated hummingbird, fiery-billed aracari.
Asa Wright Nature Center, Trinidad
Birds you might see: ornate hawk-eagle, oropendola, golden-headed manakin, bearded bellbird.
Darien National Park, Panama
Birds you might see: harpy eagle, golden-headed quetzal, blue and yellow macaw, great green macaw, chestnut-fronted macaw, crimson-backed tananger.
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda
Birds you might see: African green broadbill, dwarf honeyguide, blue-throated rollor, Kivu ground-thrush.
Rift Valley Lakes, Kenya
Birds you might see: African fish eagle, greater and lesser flamingo, sacred ibis, Hemprich’s hornbill, Jackson’s hornbill.
Kruger National Park, South Africa
Birds you might see: mashona hyliota, Bokmakierie, Böhm’s spinetail, Dickinson’s kestrel, Pel’s fishing owl.
Kerala, India
Birds you might see: White-bellied treepie, Indian pitta, Malabar whistling thrush, jungle owlet, white-bellied blue flycatcher.
Interested in taking a guided bird watching trip? Check out Wings Birding Tours and Field Guides Birding Tours for expert-led trips around the world.