Adélie Penguin
Pygoscelis adeliae
Habitat
Coast
African Fish Eagle
Haliaeetus vocifer
CR
African Penguin
Spheniscus demersus
Antarctica
Antarctic Peninsula
Penguin colonies among glaciers and icebergs on an expedition cruise.
- JJanuary: Best
- FFebruary: Best
- MMarch: Good
- AApril: Poor or no data
- MMay: Poor or no data
- JJune: Poor or no data
- JJuly: Poor or no data
- AAugust: Poor or no data
- SSeptember: Poor or no data
- OOctober: Poor or no data
- NNovember: Good
- DDecember: Best
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaea
VU
Atlantic Puffin
Fratercula arctica
LC
Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Mauritania
Banc d’Arguin National Park
Desert meets ocean: one of the world's great wintering sites for shorebirds.
- JJanuary: Best
- FFebruary: Best
- MMarch: Best
- AApril: Good
- MMay: Poor or no data
- JJune: Poor or no data
- JJuly: Poor or no data
- AAugust: Poor or no data
- SSeptember: Good
- OOctober: Best
- NNovember: Best
- DDecember: Best
Georgia
Batumi
A Black Sea bottleneck where a million raptors pass each autumn.
- JJanuary: Poor or no data
- FFebruary: Poor or no data
- MMarch: Poor or no data
- AApril: Poor or no data
- MMay: Poor or no data
- JJune: Poor or no data
- JJuly: Poor or no data
- AAugust: Good
- SSeptember: Best
- OOctober: Good
- NNovember: Poor or no data
- DDecember: Poor or no data
Argentina
Beagle Channel and Ushuaia
The gateway to Antarctica with Patagonian forest and island seabird colonies.
- JJanuary: Best
- FFebruary: Best
- MMarch: Best
- AApril: Good
- MMay: Poor or no data
- JJune: Poor or no data
- JJuly: Poor or no data
- AAugust: Poor or no data
- SSeptember: Poor or no data
- OOctober: Good
- NNovember: Best
- DDecember: Best
Australia
Broome and Roebuck Bay
Tropical mudflats hosting shorebirds from Siberia and Alaska.
- JJanuary: Good
- FFebruary: Good
- MMarch: Best
- AApril: Best
- MMay: Poor or no data
- JJune: Poor or no data
- JJuly: Poor or no data
- AAugust: Poor or no data
- SSeptember: Best
- OOctober: Best
- NNovember: Best
- DDecember: Good
Australia
Cairns and the Daintree
Wet tropics rainforest and Great Barrier Reef coast in one trip.
- JJanuary: Poor or no data
- FFebruary: Poor or no data
- MMarch: Poor or no data
- AApril: Poor or no data
- MMay: Good
- JJune: Best
- JJuly: Best
- AAugust: Best
- SSeptember: Best
- OOctober: Best
- NNovember: Best
- DDecember: Good
California Condor
Gymnogyps californianus
France
Camargue
The Rhône delta: flamingos, herons and bee-eaters among lagoons and rice fields.
- JJanuary: Good
- FFebruary: Good
- MMarch: Poor or no data
- AApril: Best
- MMay: Best
- JJune: Best
- JJuly: Poor or no data
- AAugust: Poor or no data
- SSeptember: Good
- OOctober: Good
- NNovember: Poor or no data
- DDecember: Poor or no data
United States
Cape May
North America's most famous migration hotspot on a funnel-shaped peninsula.
- JJanuary: Poor or no data
- FFebruary: Poor or no data
- MMarch: Poor or no data
- AApril: Poor or no data
- MMay: Good
- JJune: Poor or no data
- JJuly: Poor or no data
- AAugust: Poor or no data
- SSeptember: Best
- OOctober: Best
- NNovember: Good
- DDecember: Poor or no data
Chinstrap Penguin
Pygoscelis antarcticus
Japan
Eastern Hokkaido
Snow-covered winter scenes with dancing cranes and giant sea eagles.
- JJanuary: Best
- FFebruary: Best
- MMarch: Good
- AApril: Poor or no data
- MMay: Poor or no data
- JJune: Poor or no data
- JJuly: Poor or no data
- AAugust: Poor or no data
- SSeptember: Poor or no data
- OOctober: Poor or no data
- NNovember: Poor or no data
- DDecember: Good
United States
Everglades National Park
Subtropical wetlands with wading birds and Florida specialities.
- JJanuary: Best
- FFebruary: Best
- MMarch: Best
- AApril: Best
- MMay: Poor or no data
- JJune: Poor or no data
- JJuly: Poor or no data
- AAugust: Poor or no data
- SSeptember: Poor or no data
- OOctober: Poor or no data
- NNovember: Good
- DDecember: Best
Falkland Islands
Falkland Islands
Accessible albatross and penguin colonies plus two endemic birds.
- JJanuary: Best
- FFebruary: Best
- MMarch: Good
- AApril: Poor or no data
- MMay: Poor or no data
- JJune: Poor or no data
- JJuly: Poor or no data
- AAugust: Poor or no data
- SSeptember: Poor or no data
- OOctober: Good
- NNovember: Best
- DDecember: Best
Ecuador
Galápagos Islands
Fearless birds that inspired Darwin; best explored by boat.
- JJanuary: Good
- FFebruary: Good
- MMarch: Good
- AApril: Best
- MMay: Best
- JJune: Best
- JJuly: Good
- AAugust: Good
- SSeptember: Good
- OOctober: Good
- NNovember: Good
- DDecember: Good
Galápagos Penguin
Spheniscus mendiculus
Endemic to Ecuador
Gentoo Penguin
Pygoscelis papua
United States
High Island
Coastal woods where exhausted spring migrants land after crossing the Gulf.
- JJanuary: Poor or no data
- FFebruary: Poor or no data
- MMarch: Good
- AApril: Best
- MMay: Good
- JJune: Poor or no data
- JJuly: Poor or no data
- AAugust: Poor or no data
- SSeptember: Poor or no data
- OOctober: Poor or no data
- NNovember: Poor or no data
- DDecember: Poor or no data
New Zealand
Kaikōura
Deep water close to shore brings albatrosses within metres of boats.
- JJanuary: Best
- FFebruary: Best
- MMarch: Best
- AApril: Good
- MMay: Good
- JJune: Good
- JJuly: Good
- AAugust: Good
- SSeptember: Good
- OOctober: Good
- NNovember: Best
- DDecember: Best