Birds of Brazil 4+

A field guide by Ber van Perlo

NatureGuides Ltd.

Designed for iPad

    • 2.3 • 9 Ratings
    • $8.99

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Description

Based on Ber van Perlo's ‘Field Guide to the Birds of Brazil’, this app covers over 1,800 species of bird seen in Brazil, including residents, migrants and vagrants. Helpful texts detail size, habitat and description, while informative illustrations show a host of plumages for each species, including subspecific variation. Distribution maps and stunning still photographs further enhance the app, and songs and calls of over 1,200 species complete the package. The result is a must-have app for anybody birding in Brazil.

FEATURES:

• all content stored on the device, so no need to have phone signal or be connected to wi-fi
• species names in English, Portuguese and scientific
• illustrations, text and maps for over 1,800 species
• over 1,200 songs and calls
• superb still photographs for many species
• includes full introductory text from ‘Field Guide to Birds of Brazil’
• search by species name in English, Portuguese or scientific
• organise bird names in taxonomic order or alphabetically
• quickly close the species list by pinching on the list
• favourite species feature
• swipe up/down on illustrations to seamlessly move between species

What’s New

Version 2.0.7

Bug fixes for iOS 13.

Ratings and Reviews

2.3 out of 5
9 Ratings

9 Ratings

Birdernaturalist ,

Full of errors

It’s shocking and disappointing how many errors are in this, making it nearly useless. Species accounts with blank pages instead of texts, mislabeled illustrations, notes on illustrations that directly contradict text, and wrong species names on illustrations. White-throated Piculet? That’s not even a typo.

In general, habitat info is uselessly brief, no mention of bird habits makes it impossible to locate a bird you don’t already know. You can’t enlarge the illustrations but you can enlarge the maps, which is useless.

Away from the Atlantic rainforest and Guianan shield you’re better off with an app from Ecuador or Peru, or better yet the Lynx books.

ippnap ,

Perfect companion to the book

I’ve used this app on several trips to Brazil and have found it extremely helpful. When I am in Brazil I use this app every day. Love the enhancement of songs and photographs. Also the coverage of the entire country is great. Since I live in North America, many species that I see in different parts of Brazil are new to me, and this app in combination with printed field guides enables me to have a great chance of getting an identification of a new bird.
I’ve used it on at least 5 visits to such varied locations as Belo Horizonte and the coastal range in Minas Gerais; Brasilia and the Capitol region; Cuiabá and Chapada dos Guimarães National Park; Rio and environs; Goiás state; and the Xingu region of Mato Grosso.
Highly recommended.

PanBirder ,

Nice idea but lacks functionality

Although comprehensive in its scope, this guide has several aspects that must be improved in future updates. The "drawings" are awful in most instances and the text descriptions are lacking any of the detail expected in a serious bird guide. The maps are sometimes hard to decipher also. From a functional point of view the search function does not have a back button meaning that one has to exit the app to reset the full list of species. A further annoyance is that the list itself is very hard to manage with high level groupings constantly opening when trying to scroll up or down. This app is a great start but I would consider it very much a beta version or less of something that could truly be a valuable tool in the field.

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Supports

  • Family Sharing

    Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.

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