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I have travelled extensively throughout Asia photographing birds over the past 15-years but today’s experience here in Papua New Guinea of a male Blue Bird-of-Paradise displaying by hanging upside-down may rank as the most extraordinary encounter of them all [#BirdsSeenIn2025].
Discover bird photography tours in Cambodia, Nepal, Bhutan and Kyrgyzstan, with small groups of up to four photographers. Read our latest article and subscribe to the Bird-Photo-Tours ASIA newsletter for future tour updates.
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Laysan Albatross (Hawaii): pale head, dark upperwings and long narrow wings [ bird-photo-tours.com/hawaii-… ].
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Magnificent Sunbird (Philippines): scarlet head and breast, black belly and dark wings [ bird-photo-tours.com/philipp… ].
Red-crowned Crane (Japan): white body, black neck and dark flight feathers [ bird-photo-tours.com/japan-x… ].
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Mikado Pheasant (Taiwan): dark plumage, fine pale lines across the wings and red facial skin [ bird-photo-tours.com/taiwan-… ].
Kagu (New Caledonia): grey plumage, orange bill and red legs [ bird-photo-tours.com/new-cal… ].
Golden Eagle (Kyrgyzstan): dark plumage, hooked bill and yellow skin at the bill base [ bird-photo-tours.com/kyrgyzs… ].
Bar-bellied Pitta (Vietnam): green crown, barred flanks and blue belly [ bird-photo-tours.com/vietnam… ].
Black-billed Capercaillie (Mongolia): fanned tail, white-spotted wings and red skin above the eye [ bird-photo-tours.com/mongoli… ].
The Pied Wheatear’s black face and throat contrast with its white crown and pale belly. Look out for this striking black-and-white bird with us on our Turkmenistan photography tour [ bird-photo-tours.com/turkmen… ].
The Timor Oriole’s olive-green head contrasts with its reddish bill and brown wings. We seek opportunities to photograph this species during our Timor-Leste bird photography tour [ bird-photo-tours.com/timor-l… ].
This week’s featured 2027 Bird-Photo-Tours, with groups of up to four photographers: Northern Mariana Islands; Malaysia – East (Borneo); Kiribati.
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Critically Endangered, the Masked Finfoot is a secretive waterbird with a yellow bill and distinctive facial markings. Our Bangladesh bird photography tour includes a search for this threatened species [ bird-photo-tours.com/banglad… ].
The Cinereous Vulture is dark-plumaged, with a heavy hooked bill and a shaggy collar. This impressive scavenger is one of the birds we hope to photograph on our Tajikistan tour [ bird-photo-tours.com/tajikis… ].
Endemic to Vanuatu, the Buff-bellied Monarch combines black-and-white markings with buff underparts. Join our bird photography tour to look for this island endemic [ bird-photo-tours.com/vanuatu… ].
Blue facial skin and a long white tail contrast with the male Bulwer's Pheasant’s dark plumage. Our Malaysia bird photography tours include a search for this remarkable forest bird [ bird-photo-tours.com/malaysi… ].
The Ibisbill uses its long, curved bill to probe between river stones for food. We search for this distinctive wader on our Kazakhstan bird photography tour [ bird-photo-tours.com/kazakhs… ].
Siberian Blue Robin, Thailand. Rich blue plumage, a striking black face and bright white underparts: one of the birds we look for during our bird photography tour of Thailand [ bird-photo-tours.com/thailan… ].
Giant Ibis, Cambodia. A large, Critically Endangered bird with a long curved bill and bare head, and an estimated population of circa 200. One of the special species we look for on our bird photography tours in Cambodia [ bird-photo-tours.com/cambodi… ].


















