Bird Codes 4+

Name: Bird Codes
Rating: 4.4 (11 reviews)
Author: Nemesis Code

Quick 4-letter code lookup

Nemesis Code

Designed for iPad

- 4.4 • 11 Ratings

- Free

Description

Are you looking for a way to speed up your field notes so you can focus on actually looking at birds? Do you see birders using codes for birds on listservs and want to look them up? Do you want to enter your eBird checklists faster?

Alpha codes are four letter abbreviations assigned to bird species as a quick way to refer to them. These codes are commonly used in field notes to quickly record sightings and other situations where writing down the entire species name is impractical. This app allows you to search and learn the alpha codes created using the Pyle and DeSante (2003) system which defines alpha codes for all 2078 species recorded in the AOU (American Ornithologists’ Union) area. You can quickly search by either the birds name or by the alpha code.

Sept 26, 2017

Version 2.2

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

Updated to work with iOS 11. Now with less blurriness on screens made this decade.

4.4 out of 5

11 Ratings

Excellent

So easy to use , thank you

Handy

A very handy reference when I'm birding and working in a different part of the country where I'm not as familiar with the codes. It also came in handy when I had to update some of the bird codes on spreadsheets done last century. If I wanted to double-check I was entering the correct code, I just checked this app which I kept besides me.