Birda - Bird ID & Birding App 12+
Community & AI Bird Identifier
Chirp Birding Ltd.
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
'APP OF THE DAY' in 148 countries! Join fun birding challenges! Log, learn about, & ID the birds you see with a friendly community. Amplify your birdwatching experience!
NATURE IS FOR EVERYONE
With Birda, anyone can get outside, identify and record the birds they see, and share them with a fun and inclusive community. Modern life pushes us away from nature. Start pushing back.
Birda is not your typical bird identifier app, it also connects the global community of birders irrespective of how they already record their sightings! Simply sync or import your records from eBird, Merlin Bird ID, iNaturalist, Birdtrack, Birdlasser, and more to get started.
Stay motivated by joining challenges and making new friends! Don’t know a bird? Use the global field guide or tap into the community and use HI (Human Intelligence) to identify what you have seen - and grow your birdwatching & ID knowledge faster. Help protect nature by turning birding into a fun adventure. All with the help of the Birda app. Cool, right?
WHO IS BIRDA FOR?
Birda is a bird app & community for anyone curious about nature and birds, no matter your level of knowledge or previous bird watching experience. We want to help you enjoy birds, so you are inspired to fight to protect them. If you like fun & nature, Birda is for you!
Have fun using your smartphone as a powerful tool to help conservationists protect a myriad of bird species. To get started:
1. Download Birda!
2. Head out, head up.
3. Log your bird sightings - one at a time or multiple sightings as part of a birding session.
CITIZEN SCIENCE
Your bird sightings have a direct impact on helping conservation, so all that time in nature is good not only for you but also for the planet. Birda sends all of the sightings data it collects to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) so that scientists can use it to understand more about the world’s bird species and their habitats.
YOU CAN ALSO:
• Use AI to identify bird species in photos
• Find birding locations & the bird species that occur there
• Use the field guide to identify what you have seen with reference images and bird calls
• Set birding goals
• Get bird identification suggestions from the community
• Help the community as a bird identifier
• Unlock achievement badges
• Take part in challenges
• Automatically create bird life lists
• See what birds other users have spotted
• Log sightings even when you’re offline
• Choose from multiple taxonomies (IOC, Clements & Birdlife HBW)
IMPORTS & EXPORTS
If you are coming from another platform, then there is no better way to get started than to import your records to Birda. We currently support imports from eBird, iNaturalist, Birdtrack and Birdlasser, with more coming soon. If you want to move your records to another platform, you are free to export all of your sightings from Birda.
LIFE LISTS
Birda automatically creates life lists of all the birds you've imported or recorded on Birda. Birda automatically generates sub-level lists based on time and geographic location. For example, you can see all your bird ticks for the last month or year and your home and patch lists (regions, countries, states/provinces & nature reserves coming soon!).
TAXONOMY
We understand that taxonomy can be complicated! This is especially true when people are trying to compare species across taxonomic authorities. For this reason, we built an industry-first solution to simplify taxonomy for our users. Our taxonomic engine makes taxonomy seamless, allowing users to view each other’s bird sightings in their taxonomy of choice, irrespective of what is being used by other users.
PRIVACY
You can choose to create a privacy zone around your address to hide the location of your garden sightings. Set up your home location, and Birda will also automatically create Home Lists and Patch lists for all the sightings you post within your Home and Patch boundaries. You have full control over what posts and GPS coordinates you share with others on Birda.
Privacy Policy: https://birda.org/privacy/
Terms & Conditions: https://birda.org/terms/
What’s New
Version 0.0.1643
The wait is over (sorry it took so long!). Our most requested feature, Past Sessions, has finally landed. No more juggling your phone while trying to spot that rare feathered friend. Now you can enjoy the great outdoors uninterrupted, and log your bird session after your adventure. Whether you’re a seasoned birding pro or just learning to peck around, Past Sessions makes birdwatching a breeze. So go ahead and log when you're ready!
Ratings and Reviews
Really wonderful app and community
Birda has actually been life-changing for me. I didn’t know my life needed changing, but I had got so busy and stressed with work that I didn’t know how to switch off. Birda has gently encouraged me, and with its design, it encourages others to be supportive, helpful and kind. When I go bird-watching now, I’m able to completely switch off and immerse myself in nature, knowing that I can upload my session, share my photos, and enjoy hearing and seeing how others have got on. It’s beautifully and thoughtfully designed by good people. Very little I’d want to change. It would be nice to add in my historic photos and sightings without them clogging up people’s feeds. There may be a way to do this, so don’t take my word! Thank you, Birda team ☺️
Developer Response ,
Thank you so much for your 5-star review, we're so pleased to have you on Birda and to be part of your birdwatching journey! If you have any ideas for how we can improve the app, we'd love to hear your thoughts at support@birda.org. All the best and happy birding!
Best birding app I’ve come across
I discovered Birda maybe just over a year ago and it’s the best and easiest app to log sightings on etc. It’s really fun to see what other people have seen across the country and across the world. The badges make it fun as well as it encourages you to go out and find birds to accomplish the goals. I find that people are really nice and helpful on there, and the unidentified species/sighting tab is great because people are so willing to help you identify them. Overall the app is great, however I wish there was an option to search a certain bird and see its sightings/recent sightings in a certain area.
When it comes to the ‘nearby’ tab, it’s quite a specific issue but since I live by the sea the radius goes over into part of England which in some senses isn’t ‘nearby’ for me as it’s across the sea. I understand why it does that but I mainly look at the tab to see what is actually ‘nearby’ to me and that I can access fairly easily if that makes sense. It is a picky issue to note and it’s understandable if it isn’t necessarily resolvable but I just thought I’d say it anyway. But again, overall it is a great app and I really enjoy using it :).
Developer Response ,
Thank you so much for your review and feedback, we're so pleased to hear your thoughts, and to have you on Birda.
We completely understand the issue with the Nearby Feed and I'll pass this to our engineers to see what we can do. Feel free to get in touch with us at support@birda.org if you have any other ideas for Birda. All the best and happy birding!
The trust is gone
For nearly a year, this was my favourite app and a great way to engage with nature on a budget. I picked it over others because you could instantly see which birds were new to you in an area and know what to look out for. I also recommended it to a fair few of my novice birding friends for pretty much this one feature as they didn't know where to start. Unfortunately the update has now put this behind a paywall so that you need a subscription.
By all means charge for new features but to start charging for previously free ones is a great disappointment, especially when they were the reason I chose this app over a few others in the first place. It also makes me wonder what will be next to disappear behind the paywall, which puts me off investing more time in it.
I am looking elsewhere now and even thinking of going back to logging sightings with pen and paper; sad to say I can't recommend Birda any more as it was great while it lasted.
Developer Response ,
We're really sorry to hear this, though we understand your frustration. To continue our mission to make Birda and birding for everyone, we have to invest in some features to make them premium.
Please get in touch with us at support@birda.org, we'd love to sort something out for you to resolve this. Looking forward to speaking with you soon.
App Privacy
The developer, Chirp Birding Ltd., indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Location
- Contact Info
- Contacts
- User Content
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Provider
- Chirp Birding Ltd
- Size
- 168.7 MB
- Category
- Reference
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 13.4 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 13.4 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 12+ Frequent/Intense Contests
- Copyright
- © 2024 Chirp Birding Ltd
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Birda+ Yearly £35.99
- Birda+ Monthly £9.99