Yellowbilled Tours is a small group birding service in its 25th year.

We offer birding tours from the Nome Alaskan tundra to the tropics of Central America – Belize, Guatemala and Panama. We offer custom birding tours in hot spots throughout the lower 48 states year-round. In Europe, we focus on Provence, France; Ravenna on the Adriatic Sea and the Po River Valley in Italy. We offer true small group tours, with never more than 8 birders per trip, to ensure a personalized experience.

Upcoming Events

One and two days field trips can be booked to acccomodate your needs.

The Eastern Sierra Nevada Passes | July 18 – 20, 2025

Free Bird Walk with Mt. Tam Science Quest | September 27, 2025

Birding the Campus of the University of the Pacific, in assocation with the Central Valley Birding Sympoisum | November 20, 2025

Belize | January 5 – 10, 2026

Colombia | March 2 – 7, 2026

Guatemala | April 1, 2026

Guatemala | April 1, 2026

Alaska Nome Arctic | May 25 – 29, 2026

I honestly feel like that trip changed me, both as a birder and philosophically. Can’t say that about most birding outings!
Jon, New Orleans, La.
Beautiful birds, bumpy roads, and a daily intake of Belikin beer. Our group witnessed 240+ species and were greeted with smiles and familiarity along the way. From the back ponds of a Belize City shrimp farm to a local guide calling out “Yellowbilled Tours!” at the Guatemalan border; Yellowbilled Tours gave us a sense of comfort in knowing their way around the local geography and economies.
Adam, March 2020
The trip is reasonably priced | 4-6 people maximum | Pre-trip information from the leader. | A leader who is flexible and willing to change locales as needed | Excellent local guides. | Local culture focus in addition to birds. | Photographer friendly, you get time for your shots.
Rich Cimino of Yellowbilled Tours was all of these and more on our trip to 2019 Belize and Tikal. I am a beginning birder and picked up 130 new species. The other member of the trip was very experienced and was also very satisfied with the trip. I look forward to more trips with Rich.
Kent McDonald, San Francisco, CA
Close to 300 species of birds were seen by those of us fortunate enough to be on the March 2018 Yellowbilled Tours Belize birding field trip. Rich Cimino is an expert guide to finding the birds and offering his knowledge to us. Having organized these Belize field trips for several years, Rich has developed a network of contacts at nature centers and ranches where the birds can be found.
Matthew Poltorak, Connecticut
I have traveled the world with the leading large venue birding tour companies. This small group venue was the first time I had a tour guide spend time with me to get the bird photo I wanted. Rich showed us 26 different Sage Thrashers in Mono County, CA. I took many poor photos, but he stuck with me until the last four hours of the trip’s last day at the Bridgeport Reservoir; I shot my best photo of the trip, a keeper! Rich is an excellent field guide; he knows where to find the birds I needed, is calm and focused, and has a sense of humor during the day.
Max Rodel, Northern California