Choose your next birding adventure
Choose your next birding adventure
Choose your next birding adventure
Choose your next birding adventure
Bellbird Tours – Australia’s Birding Specialist
Australia is one of the world’s top birding destinations with over 800 species including more endemics than any other country. Some of the very best birding sites in the world can be found in Australia, as well as some of the most beautiful and interesting birds. With a vast array of amazing landscapes, good infrastructure and a sense of adventure, it’s no surprise more and more birders explore Australia.
Bellbird Birding Tours (formerly Southern Birding Services) specialises in top-quality small-group birding trips throughout Australia and beyond. Scheduled tours with regular departures and fully customizable privately guided tours of any duration are led by our passionate and experienced professional guides.
Let us guide your next birding trip in search of Megapodes and Thornbills; Lyrebirds and Parrots; Grasswrens and Fairy-wrens; Frogmouths and rare raptors; Quail-thrushes and Pittas; migratory waders from the far east; Bowerbirds, Honeyeaters, Monarchs, Finches…. an unforgettable birding experience awaits!
Surrounding Australia are the tropical regions of South-east Asia which can be easily, cheaply and safely accessed and where tropical rainforests and cool mountain ranges add a whole new suite of birds, including Broadbills, Trogons, Hornbills, Woodpeckers and many more.
We have Australia (and its neighbours) covered. All our scheduled tours have regular departures and are also available as private tours. In that case, we can adjust any itinerary to suit your wish-list and we are also happy to design a custom tour from scratch for you. Please browse our website to see what’s on offer, and we hope to see you soon!
Uganda Gorillas & Birds Tour
- Shoebill, Green-breasted Pitta, African Green Broadbill
- Papyrus Gonolek, Blackwinged Bishop, Brown Twinspot
- Brown Parrot, Red-faced Lovebird, White-throated Bee-eater
- Red-tailed Ant-thrush, Purple-headed Starling, White-spotted Flufftail
- Mackinnon’s Fiscal, Tropical Boubou, Silverbird, Black-lored Babbler
- Double-toothed Barbet, African Paradise-flycatcher, Golden-breasted Bunting
- masses of northern hemisphere migrants including wagtails, chats and raptors
- African Finfoot, many species of Sunbird and a host of Albertine Rift Endemics
Western Australia Birding Extravaganza
- Bourke’s Parrot, Western Quail-thrush, Sandhill Grasswren
- Pilbara Grasswren, Painted Finch, Spinifexbird
- Purple-crowned Fairy-wren, Long-tailed and Crimson Finch, Northern Shrike-tit
- Banded, Bar-breasted, Yellow-tinted Honeyeater
- Kimberley Honeyeater, Buff-sided Robin
- Black Grasswren, Partridge Pigeon
- Grey Honeyeater, Chestnut-quilled Rock Pigeon
- Chiming Wedgebill, Western Grasswren
- Silver-backed Butcherbird and more.
Tanzania Birds & Wildlife Tour
- Open-billed Stork, Heuglin’s Courser, Kori Bustard
- Square-tailed Nightjar, Black and Blue-headed Coucals
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird, Red and Yellow Barbets
- Magpie Shrikes, various fiscal shrikes, bushshrikes
- Ostrich, Secretary Bird, turacowss
- larks, finches, queleas, oxpeckers
- tinkerbirds, woodpeckers, hornbills
- raptors incl Martial Eagle, Lesser & Greater Kestrel
- Hill Babbler, White-starred Robin
- Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler, Golden-winged Sunbird
- Black-backed Puffback, Northern Olive Thrush, greenbuls
- Montane White-eye, Mountain Yellow Flycatcher
- African Ground Hornbill
- mammals including the "Big Five"
- African Elephant, Black Rhino, Giraffe, Gazelles
- Zebra, Impala, Antilopes, Warthog
- Lion, Cheetah, Leopard
- Black Rhinoceros, Hippopotamus
- Hyena, Colobus Monkey, Nile Crocodile
- and many more...!
Costa Rica Birding Tour
- Hummingbirds, Trogons, Parrots, Toucans
- Tanagers, Jacamars, Motmots, Antbirds
- Lesson's Motmot, WhiteThroated MagpieJay
- Scarlet Macaw, Keelbilled Toucan, Resplendent Quetzal
- Bare-shanked Screech-Owl, Dull-mantled Antbird
- Spotted Woodcreeper, Stripe-breasted Wren
- Orange-fronted Parakeet, Buff-throated Saltator
- Short-tailed Hawk, Laughing Falcon, Black Hawk-Eagle
- White-necked Puffbird, Pale-billed Woodpecker
- Collared Trogon, Tody Motmot, Large-footed Finch
- Flame-throated Warbler, Black-and-yellow Silky-Flycatcher
- Golden-browed Chlorophonia, Fiery-throated Hummingbird
- Long-tailed Silky-Flycatcher, White-winged Tanager
- Northern Emerald-Toucanet, Sooty Thrush, Collared Redstart
- Spot-crowned Woodcreeper, Rufous-browed Peppershrike
- White-tipped Sicklebill, Sooty Thrush, Collared Redstart
Dubai Area Short Birding Tour
- Purple Sunbirds, Red-wattled Lapwings,
- Little Green Bee-eaters and Grey Francolins
- Grey Hy-pocolius, Hume's Wheatears
- White-throated Robin, Pallid Scops Owl
- Pintail Snipe, Cream-coloured Courser
- Great Knot, Crab Plover
Chestnut-breasted Whiteface & Grey Honeyeater expedition
- Chestnut-breasted Whiteface
- Grey Honeyeater
- Dusky & Thick-billed Grasswren
- Rufous-crowned Emu-wren
- Zebra & Painted Finch
- Gibberbird, Orange Chat
- Cinnamon Quail-thrush
- Chiming Wedgebill
Savannah to Tropics Birding Tour
- Spotted Dove, Brown Cuckoo-Dove, Common Bronzewing
- Flock Bronzewing, Crested Pigeon, Spinifex Pigeon, Squatter Pigeon
- Diamond Dove, Peaceful Dove, Bar-shouldered Dove, Tawny Frogmouth
- Spotted Nightjar, Australian Owlet-nightjar, Australasian Darter
- Great Cormorant, Little Black Cormorant, Pied Cormorant
- Australian Pelican, Black-necked Stork, White-necked Heron, Great Egret
- Intermediate Egret and more
Tropical & Far North Queensland Birding Tour
- Southern Cassowary
- Golden, Tooth-billed Bowerbird
- Grey-headed Robin, Rainbow Pitta
- Partridge Pigeon, Great-billed Heron
- Double-eyed Fig-parrot
- Blue-faced Parrot-finch
- Lesser Sooty Owl, Papuan Frogmouth
- White-eared, Pied Monarch
- Spectacled, Black-faced Monarch
- Emerald Dove, Little Kingfisher
- MacLeay's, Yellow Honeyeater
- Black Noddy, Black-naped Tern
- Red Goshawk, Eclectus Parrot
- Golden-shouldered Parrot
- Mangrove Robin, Frill-necked Monarch
- Fawn-breasted Bowerbird, Palm Cockatoo
- Northern Scrubrobin, Marbled Frogmouth
- Trumpet Manucode, White-faced Robin
- Yellow-billed and Little Kingfisher
- Buff-breasted Paradise-kingfisher
- and many more.
Ethiopia Birding Tour
- Marabou Storks, Yellow-billed Kites and Hooded Vultures
- Spur-winged Goose, Helmeted Guineafowl, Abdim’s Stork
- Hadada Ibis, Hamerkop, Lappet-faced Vulture
- Chanting Goshawk, Scissor-tailed Kite, Arabian Bustard
- Black-crowned Crane, Double-banded Courser, Tambourine Dove
- Abyssinian Owl, Mousebird, Narina Trogon
- Half-collared Kingfisher, Carmine Bee-eater, Wood-hoopoe
- Red-throated Wryneck, Cardinal Woodpecker, Red-bellied Parrot
- Mosque Swallow, Superb Starling (pictured) and many more...
Australian Parrots
- Australian King-Parrot, Cockatiel
- Australian Ringneck, Superb Parrot
- Red-winged Parrot, Budgerigar
- Crimson, Eastern & Northern Rosella
- Red-rumped & Mulga Parrot
- Hooded Parrot, Blue Bonnet
- Bourke’s & Blue-winged Parrot
- Turquoise Parrot, Gang-gang
- Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo, Galah
- Glossy-Black & Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
- Long-billed & Little Corella
- Major Mitchells & Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
- Rainbow, Varied, Musk Lorikeet
- Purple-crowned, Little Lorikeet
White-throated Grasswren Short Tour
- White-throated Grasswren
- Chestnut-quilled Rock-pigeon
- Buff-sided Robin
- Red Goshawk
- Rainbow Pitta
- Hooded Parrot
- Sandstone Shrike-thrush
- Rufous-throated, Banded Honeyeater
- Bar-breasted, White-lined Honeyeater
- Silver-crowned Friarbird
- Black-tailed Treecreeper
- Green Pygmy-goose
- Wandering and Plumed whistling-duck
- chance: Banded Fruit-dove, Gouldian Finch
Six Grasswren Tour
- Western, Thick-billed, Eyrean Grasswren
- Grey, Short-tailed, Striated Grasswren
- Chestnut-breasted and Banded Whiteface
- Orange, Crimson, White-fronted Chat
- Shy Heathwren, Gibber Chat
- Inland Dotterel, Australian Pratincole
- Mallee Emu-wren, Redthroat
- Black-eared Miner, Red-lored Whistler
- Black-breasted Buzzard, Pied Honeyeater
- Chestnut and Cinnamon Quail-thrush
- and many, many more.
Nine Grasswren tour - 2 departures
- Western, Thick-billed, Grey, Eyrean Grasswren
- Kalkadoon, Rusty, Short-tailed, Striated Grasswren
- Carpentarian Grasswren, Spinifexbird
- Gibberbird, Banded Whiteface
- Orange, Crimson, White-fronted Chat
- Inland Dotterel, Australian Pratincole
- Shy Heathwren, Rufous-crowned Emu-wren
- Mallee Emu-wren, Redthroat, Painted Finch
- Black-eared Miner, Red-lored Whistler
- Grey Falcon, Black-breasted Buzzard
- Flock Bronzewing, Spinifex Pigeon
- Chestnut and Cinnamon Quail-thrush
- Chestnut-breasted Quail-thrush
- Hall's Babbler, Spotted Bowerbird
- and many, many more.
Sandhill Grasswren short tour
- Sandhill Grasswren, Dusky Grasswren
- Slaty-backed Thornbill, Western Bowerbird
- Chiming Wedgebill, Spinifex Pigeon
- Banded Whiteface, Cinnamon Quail-thrush
- Major Mitchell's Cockatoo, Mulga Parrot
- nomadic inland honeyeaters and chats
- Inland Dotterel, Black-breasted Buzzard
- Painted Finch, Little Woodswallow
- Rufous-crowned Emu-wren, Spinifexbird
Grey Grasswren short tour
- Grey Graswren, Striated Grasswren
- Mallee Emu-wren, Crested Bellbird
- Chestnut & Cinnamon Quail-thrush
- Budgerigar, Cockatiel, Mulga Parrot
- Major Mitchell's Cockatoo, Bourke's Parrot
- Crimson & Orange Chat, Redthroat
- Chirruping Wedgebill, Apostlebird
- Black-breasted Buzzard, Aus Bustard
- Australian Pratincole, Gibberbird
- Inland Dotterel, Pied Honeyeater
New Western Splits & Specialties
- Copperback & Nullarbor Quail-thrush
- White-bellied Whipbird
- Naretha Blue Bonnet
- Western Grasswren
- Spotted Scrubwren
- Blue-breasted Fairy-wren
- Rufous Treecreeper, Rock Parrot
- Western Yellow Robin
- & many other goodies!
Australian Raptors Birding tour
- Grey Falcon, Black Falcon
- Australian Hobby, Peregrine Falcon
- Nankeen Kestrel, Brown Falcon
- Red Goshawk, Grey Goshawk
- Letter-winged & Squre-tailed Kite
- Black-shouldered & Whistling Kite
- Brahminy & Black Kite
- Black-breasted Buzzard
- Wedge-tailed & Little Eagle
- Eastern Osprey, White-bellied Sea-eagle
- Brown Goshawk, Collared Sparrowhawk
- Pacific Baza, Spotted Harrier, Swamp Harrier
Tantalising Thailand Birding Tour
- Over 400 species possible including:
- Siamese Fireback, Great Hornbill
- Banded Kingfisher, Blue Pitta
- Silver-breasted Broadbill, Kalij Pheasant, Eared Pitta
- Mangrove Pitta, Banded Pitta
- Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo
- Green Peafowl, Black-headed Woodpecker, Green Broadbill
- Spot-breasted Parrotbill
- Grey Peacock-Pheasant, Green Cochoa, Red-crowned Barbet
- White-rumped Falcon, Brown-winged Kingfisher
- Great Iora, Spoon-billed Sandpiper!
