Birds of Brazil

Name: Birds of Brazil
Price: 8.99 USD
Rating: 2.3 (9 reviews)
Author: NatureGuides Ltd.

A field guide by Ber van Perlo

$8.99 · Designed for iPad

9 Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Reference
Developer

NatureGuides Ltd.
Language

EN
English
Size

709.3
MB

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

Ratings & Reviews

2.3

out of 5

9 Ratings

Full of errors
11/12/2021

Birdernaturalist
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.
Full of errors
11/12/2021

Birdernaturalist

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.
Perfect companion to the book
01/18/2020

ippnap
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.
Perfect companion to the book
01/18/2020

ippnap

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.
Needs a way to download sightings
02/08/2020

PeterBrazil2020
This was a great app during a recent trip to brazil. Much easier to deal with than the book, which I also have. but I was sorry to see after getting home that you cannot download your sightings... ie your ‘favorites’. This would be so much better if you could record details of species etc in the field and download it
Needs a way to download sightings
02/08/2020

PeterBrazil2020

This was a great app during a recent trip to brazil. Much easier to deal with than the book, which I also have. but I was sorry to see after getting home that you cannot download your sightings... ie your ‘favorites’. This would be so much better if you could record details of species etc in the field and download it
Kleber de Burgos
06/28/2012

Kburgos
The Bird of Brazil (Vs. 1.0. for iPhone iOS 5.1.1.) is a good product and will certainly be of a good help in field, not to mention it's the first and most complete of its kind for iPhone/iPad. The ability to choose from English to Brazilian Portuguese, including names according the Brazilian Ornithological Records Committee (CBRO) are amongst its best features. Nonetheless, it does present some downsides: does not offer song (vocalization) files for a huge number of species (mandatory specially for song birds), and some photographs are really bad (even out of focus). A good example is the Yellow-faced Siskin (Carduelis yarellii), perched on an exotic coniferous tree, shown completely out of focus. I found this very annoying throughout the guide. For some photographs were made outside Brazil, you'll find birds out of their environmental contexts. Yet, if you plan to use this guide also as your checklist, bear in mind it does not offer ways to store data on your lifers (like places, etc.), for this purpose you'll find a single star-shaped icon that can only be set on or off.
Kleber de Burgos
06/28/2012

Kburgos

The Bird of Brazil (Vs. 1.0. for iPhone iOS 5.1.1.) is a good product and will certainly be of a good help in field, not to mention it's the first and most complete of its kind for iPhone/iPad. The ability to choose from English to Brazilian Portuguese, including names according the Brazilian Ornithological Records Committee (CBRO) are amongst its best features. Nonetheless, it does present some downsides: does not offer song (vocalization) files for a huge number of species (mandatory specially for song birds), and some photographs are really bad (even out of focus). A good example is the Yellow-faced Siskin (Carduelis yarellii), perched on an exotic coniferous tree, shown completely out of focus. I found this very annoying throughout the guide. For some photographs were made outside Brazil, you'll find birds out of their environmental contexts. Yet, if you plan to use this guide also as your checklist, bear in mind it does not offer ways to store data on your lifers (like places, etc.), for this purpose you'll find a single star-shaped icon that can only be set on or off.