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Venezuela offers some of the best birdwatching experiences in South America, with a rich avifauna (1,381 species), a wide range of habitats, good accessibility and excellent bird guides.
Venezuela offers some of the best birdwatching experiences in South America, with a rich avifauna (1,381 species), a wide range of habitats, good accessibility and excellent bird guides.
We provide all the logistic support you need for your birding trip, with the services of English-speaking local ornithologists. We tailor-make itineraries to suit our clients—from amateurs in birdwatching to the experts out to spot rare species, and from dawn-to-dusk birders to those who like to combine their birding with sightseeing or general wildlife viewing. We can also arrange birding days as part of general tours..
We provide all the logistic support you need for your birding trip, with the services of English-speaking local ornithologists. We tailor-make itineraries to suit our clients—from amateurs in birdwatching to the experts out to spot rare species, and from dawn-to-dusk birders to those who like to combine their birding with sightseeing or general wildlife viewing. We can also arrange birding days as part of general tours..
Venezuela is truly a bird lovers’ paradise offering exceptional experiences in the vast and sparse populated interior. Exotic tropical, wading and water birds predominate but lots of migrants visit as well to complement the most perfect and natural symphony of calls and sounds. Currently, the country has 1,346 species more that North America and Europe combined) including humming birds, harpy eagles, cocks-of-the-rock, capuchins, sun bitterns, bellbirds, trogons, cotingas, jacamars, macaws, parrots, toucans, herons, pelicans and flamingos, just to name a very few. The Troupial is the national bird.
Venezuela is truly a bird lovers’ paradise offering exceptional experiences in the vast and sparse populated interior. Exotic tropical, wading and water birds predominate but lots of migrants visit as well to complement the most perfect and natural symphony of calls and sounds. Currently, the country has 1,346 species more that North America and Europe combined) including humming birds, harpy eagles, cocks-of-the-rock, capuchins, sun bitterns, bellbirds, trogons, cotingas, jacamars, macaws, parrots, toucans, herons, pelicans and flamingos, just to name a very few. The Troupial is the national bird.
BUFF NECKED IBIS - LLANOS
BUFF NECKED IBIS - LLANOS
The Llanos boasts a huge diversity of avifauna: 350 species have been reported so far including ibises, storks, herons, egrets, spoonbills, jabirus, anhingas, cormorants, jacanas, geese, hawks, falcons and owls. The Heto El Cedral is literally full of wild birds and rookeries, reporting 340 species. El Frio Biological Station is not to be missed place for birdwatchers, reporting 270 species including scarlet ibises, scarlet macaws and hoatzins plus many birds of prey, besides, owls, macaws, hoatzins and curassows.
The Llanos boasts a huge diversity of avifauna: 350 species have been reported so far including ibises, storks, herons, egrets, spoonbills, jabirus, anhingas, cormorants, jacanas, geese, hawks, falcons and owls. The Heto El Cedral is literally full of wild birds and rookeries, reporting 340 species. El Frio Biological Station is not to be missed place for birdwatchers, reporting 270 species including scarlet ibises, scarlet macaws and hoatzins plus many birds of prey, besides, owls, macaws, hoatzins and curassows.
SAFFRON FINCH - ANDES
SAFFRON FINCH - ANDES
The Andes teem with some 600 hundred species, including the only high altitude hummingbird in the world, the Bearded Helmetcrest, the beautiful Andean Cock-of-the-Rock and the giant Condor. Spot sunangels, quetzals, parakeets, toucanets, finches, guans, pipits, wrens, manakins and eagles.
The Andes teem with some 600 hundred species, including the only high altitude hummingbird in the world, the Bearded Helmetcrest, the beautiful Andean Cock-of-the-Rock and the giant Condor. Spot sunangels, quetzals, parakeets, toucanets, finches, guans, pipits, wrens, manakins and eagles.
BLUE AND YELLOW MACAW - HENRI PITTIER
BLUE AND YELLOW MACAW - HENRI PITTIER
The incredible rain and cloud forests of Henri Pittier National Park houses the 40% of Venezuela’s total bird species. Five hundred and seventy eight species have been reported, roughly representing the 7% of the bird species of the world. Endemics and migrants like fruiteaters, harpy eagles, parakeets, swifts, tanagers, quetzals and hummingbirds can be seen along interpretation trails and in the biological station thanks to the Portachuelo Pass, a natural migratory path for north and south american birds.
The incredible rain and cloud forests of Henri Pittier National Park houses the 40% of Venezuela’s total bird species. Five hundred and seventy eight species have been reported, roughly representing the 7% of the bird species of the world. Endemics and migrants like fruiteaters, harpy eagles, parakeets, swifts, tanagers, quetzals and hummingbirds can be seen along interpretation trails and in the biological station thanks to the Portachuelo Pass, a natural migratory path for north and south american birds.
SAVANNAH HAWK - MORROCOY
SAVANNAH HAWK - MORROCOY
The mangrove environments of the Morrocoy house innumerable wading and water birds like ibises, herons, cormorants, ducks, pelicans and flamingos. One of the most important breeding spots for birds in the nation, the Cuare Wildlife Refuge, is a component of the park.
The mangrove environments of the Morrocoy house innumerable wading and water birds like ibises, herons, cormorants, ducks, pelicans and flamingos. One of the most important breeding spots for birds in the nation, the Cuare Wildlife Refuge, is a component of the park.
BROWN PELICAN - LOS ROQUES
BROWN PELICAN - LOS ROQUES
Los Roques has 92 species, some of them migrants from North America. Pelicans, kingfishers, gulls, petrels, frigates, flamingoes, boobies and even canaries can be seen.
Los Roques has 92 species, some of them migrants from North America. Pelicans, kingfishers, gulls, petrels, frigates, flamingoes, boobies and even canaries can be seen.
PIED LAPWING - TACARIGUA
PIED LAPWING - TACARIGUA
The Tacarigua Lagoon, three hours drive east of Caracas, has some 200 species of locals and migratory birds, including thousands of scarlet ibises, bananaquits, mockingbirds, oriole, kingbirds, parakeets, sandpipers, plovers, ducks, herons, egrets, cormorants, spoonbills, frigate, pelicans, hawks and ospreys.
The Tacarigua Lagoon, three hours drive east of Caracas, has some 200 species of locals and migratory birds, including thousands of scarlet ibises, bananaquits, mockingbirds, oriole, kingbirds, parakeets, sandpipers, plovers, ducks, herons, egrets, cormorants, spoonbills, frigate, pelicans, hawks and ospreys.
RUFRESECENT RED HERON - ORINOCO DELTA
RUFRESECENT RED HERON - ORINOCO DELTA
East of the country, the second largest delta in South America after the Amazon’s, the Orinoco Delta teems with toucans, parrots, ibises and macaws.
East of the country, the second largest delta in South America after the Amazon’s, the Orinoco Delta teems with toucans, parrots, ibises and macaws.
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