Identify, Collect and Learn - Free. No Ads. Ever.
Smart Bird ID is the all-in-one bird identifier, bird song recognizer, bird sounds guide, and bird watching app for birders, families, photographers, and nature lovers.
Identify birds by photo or sound, build your life list, collect animated stickers, and improve your skills through daily challenges, quizzes, mini-games, and educational videos in the Bird Academy.
Whether you are spotting backyard birds, hiking a trail, or traveling, Smart Bird ID turns every bird encounter into a fun learning adventure.
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IDENTIFY ANY BIRD BY PHOTO OR SOUND
• Photo ID: Snap or upload a bird photo for fast, highly accurate identification with gender and age details
• Sound ID: Record bird songs and bird calls, even with background noise, and detect multiple species at once
• Bird song and bird sounds library: Explore thousands of calls, songs, and spectrograms
• Works offline and with Siri Shortcuts - just ask: “What bird is singing?”
• Global bird catalogue with expert photos, videos, and recordings
Perfect for identifying backyard birds, garden birds, raptors, hummingbirds, shorebirds, and more.
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THE BIRD ACADEMY - LEARN WHILE YOU PLAY
This is where birders become experts.
• Daily bird challenges that test your identification skills
• Bird quizzes on songs, families, feathers, eggs, and habitats
• Mini-games that train your memory and listening skills
• Educational bird videos from experts and creators
• Spectrograms, mnemonics, and guided learning for bird songs and calls
The Academy makes learning bird identification fun and interactive for beginners, families, and experienced birders.
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LOG, TRACK AND MAP YOUR BIRD SIGHTINGS
• Automatic bird journal with photos, sounds, and location
• Life list, year list, and yard list synced across devices
• Interactive map with your sightings and 360 Look Around views
• Build your personal bird watching history over time
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COLLECT, COMPETE AND HAVE FUN
• Unlock thousands of animated bird stickers as you discover species
• Win medals for your best bird photos, videos, and recordings
• Compete in real-time quizzes and seasonal bird counts
• Climb leaderboards and track your progress as a birder
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CONNECT WITH BIRDERS WORLDWIDE
• Discover bird photos, videos, and sounds shared by the community
• Like, comment, and follow other bird watchers
• Get your media featured on bird species pages seen by thousands
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WHY BIRDERS LOVE SMART BIRD ID
• 100 percent ad-free, even in the free version
• Powerful bird identification and logging features at no cost
• Beautiful, intuitive design built by birders for birders
• Trusted AI bird photo and bird sound recognition
• Works offline for trails, forests, gardens, and travel
• Includes iMessage bird stickers to share your favorites
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SMART BIRD ID PRO
Unlock the complete birding experience:
• Full access to the Bird Academy (challenges, quizzes, mini-games, videos)
• Cloud backup for all sightings and media
• Share your birding journey with a profile
• Collect every animated sticker and earn all medals
• Access the complete global bird catalogue
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MADE FOR BACKYARDS, TRAILS AND TRAVEL
From backyard feeders to wetlands, forests, and national parks across the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and India, Smart Bird ID helps you recognize bird songs, identify species, and build a collection of wildlife memories wherever you go.
Perfect for birdwatchers, photographers, educators, kids, and families who love learning about nature.
Smart Bird ID brings bird watching, bird learning, and bird identification together in one powerful app. Discover birds, learn their songs, play, collect, and grow your skills every day.
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I’ve never been interested in birds really. But sitting outside on my deck this summer I kept hearing a bird that had a unique call unlike most I hear in my back yard. I said to my family, “Wouldn’t it be cool if there was an app like Shazam but for bird songs to help identify the species?” Next thing you know I’m in the Apple store buying this app! The next time I heard that bird I quickly whipped out the app and used the search feature with sound recording. It positively identified it as a California Quail (a bird I am familiar with but not the song/call apparently). In the app I played the male California Quail call and this bird left his perch from my neighbors tree and flew aggressively right at me! I think he was planning to take me on until he got a little closer and realized I was a bit bigger than him! He perched in the other neighbor’s tree and resumed his song. I went inside and had my daughter come out to see if it was just a fluke or what. I played the male call again and sure enough he left his perch and flew to our roof top just over the deck where we were standing and peeked over at us to be sure we weren’t another male quail invading his territory. Then he flew off. Super cool experience! Super cool app!
Now I love birds!!
Tugsie
Here’s my situation and it may be a minute or so long but I just wanted to thank some people!First off I was never looking for birds but my grandmother broke her wrist and came to live with me it’s been a couple months but a few weeks ago she started to ask about birds and bird feeders because we live in Phoenixville, PA That being said I have like 10 bird feeders,bird suet feeders and meal worm feeders hummingbird feeders and of course I did this all for her so I found this app and downloaded it next thing I know my wife and I are bouncing from window to window looking for birds and Identifying them with the app so needless to say there’s 3 bird watchers at my house and grandma is running in 3rd place but we all love it thanks so much great app and fully recommend it to anyone I even asked for help and got a ID back the next day after I sent the email so thanks so much just happy and amazing things for us!!
Goodbye Books!
Smokeydog1957
Fabulous app for a novice or seasoned bird watcher! For years, my husband and I have been searching through books trying to identify birds. No more! I even used a picture of a bird that my husband took last year to identify it. Amazing, had it within 10 seconds. Then I took my phone onto the deck to identify what bird the beautiful song was coming from, and bingo, just a few seconds and I had it. We have a number of bird feeders, and all I need to do is aim my camera on my phone at a bird, and within seconds I know what kind of “customers” are calling. As an added bonus, the yearly subscription was 50% off! For $10, I no longer need to frantically page through bird books, trying to remember every detail of a bird, and arguing with my husband as to what it is! Great app, great price and great timesaver! I highly recommend it.
Advertisements/Accuracy
Men Igna
This app is fun to use as I am a longtime bird enthusiast. My primary issue is every time I try to identify a bird either through song or by camera, I must watch a 30 second advertisement first. Usually the bird is long gone by the time the ad finishes.The accuracy of the bird identifier is about 50%. We had a bird singing all night, the app identified the song as a Mockingbird. Next day I saw the Mockingbird singing the same song. Today I saw and heard a crow clucking in a tree. I ran the song identifier and 30 seconds later it indicated the bird was either a Veery or a Marsh Wren, which is not even close. I attempted to use the camera ID but the bird was gone before the ad finished.I also find it annoying every time I search for information I need to visit the store.I use other bird identifier apps, as I am trying to determine which one I will spend money. This one is among the more accurate ones, but that is not saying much. I have no problem spending money on an app to rid the ads, but not if the app is not accurate. The search continues...
NEW: Bird Academy
Learn birds like never before with quizzes, mini-games, daily challenges, and educational birdwatching videos.
• Animated interactive bird stickers — collect species as you identify birds and tap to see them come to life
• Identify multiple birds at once with improved Bird Song & Sound ID
• Get featured! Your bird photos, videos, and recordings can now appear on bird guide pages
• Earn medals for sharing bird sightings with the community
• Improved Bird Photo ID and Bird Song recognition accuracy across all regions
Version 5.0
The developer, Yellow Cardinal Inc., 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 Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
Purchases
User Content
Identifiers
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
Usage Data
Diagnostics
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Information
Seller
Yellow Cardinal Inc.
Size
341.7 MB
Category
Education
Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.6 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 17.6 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 17.6 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 14.0.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.