Birda – Birding Made Better

Birda – Birding Made Better

By Chirp Birding Ltd.

  • Category: Reference
  • Release Date: 2022-09-17
  • Current Version: 0.0.1765
  • Adult Rating: 12+
  • File Size: 212.71 MB
  • Developer: Chirp Birding Ltd.
  • Compatibility: Android, iOS 16.0
Score: 4.45342
4.45342
From 322 Ratings

Description

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/

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Reviews

  • Sound identification not available

    2
    By LvdovicvsRex
    The app says sound identification is not yet available. 🙁
  • Apps are made to cash in

    1
    By RolandoTorres
    Was wondering how this app would work, but like many apps, before you have a good feel it charges you. The seven days creeps up in our busy life. Tired of this. Now on principle will not use though got suckered into paying for a year.
  • Needs a way to mark wild/not wild

    4
    By Ryan W. D.
    This game was advertised to me as Pokémon Go for bird watching. Yet, I’ve seen people complain that this is only for wild birds. Why not include a Not Wild check box for those people who want to track what they have seen? There are birds at the local zoo that I will never get a chance to see in the wild. Why should I be shamed for wanting to track that I’ve seen them? Overall great app. Very enjoyable, but make sure you have a good camera.
  • Was awesome until…

    1
    By EvenBiggerDeal
    They now require full access to your photo library. Not okay! Also, they don’t seem very responsive to the super users on the platform who have been having a lot of issues with people stealing photos lately.
  • Unbelievably invasive

    1
    By Manette LeNoir
    I was really excited about this app until discovering that it requires you to give FULL ACCESS TO YOUR ENTIRE CAMERA ROLL in order to upload a photo of a bird. There’s absolutely no reason it can’t be limited to the photos you intend to upload to the app. Disgusting, invasive practices. Ruined any desire I had to use what could’ve been a really cool app.
  • Photo Stealing

    1
    By LM_1121
    As of about 2 months ago a member by the name of Cooper Madison joined the platform and started to harass and steal photos from other members. This is still going on and is making many members angry and/or wanting to quit the app. When contacted about this, the development team and staff didn’t respond or do anything about it which is why I was lead to write this review along with many other members. This has to stop and I beg of the Birda team to please figure it out!
  • Poor App Experience

    1
    By bobenne
    In setting up app I granted access to only select photos from my photo album but it won’t allow me to do anything without giving full access to my camera and photo albums. Deleting and finding an app that works.
  • Disappointed :(

    2
    By Haybial
    I was so excited to use the app but I was devastated that not every bird species was included in the identification search. Unfortunately it is a sad truth that domestic birds get released in places they shouldn’t and affect the local ecosystem as a result. I was excited to contribute to data collection of unusual sightings of domestic birds in the areas I frequent but they’re not even an option in the bird ID search. :(
  • Expensive

    1
    By KellyMy
    I’m NOT paying $36 to use a bird identifying app/social/game and give them my data and photos, too. Immediately deleting. I’ll stick with Merlin and eBird.
  • Great app.

    4
    By Sugarkat25
    I have two bird apps and this one is the stronger of the two. It works well; its bird identifier is pretty good. Would be even better if I could upload videos. Otherwise it’s a good app for identifying and lighting birds.

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