eBird by Cornell Lab

Cornell Lab of Ornithology

About this app

eBird Mobile makes it easy to record the birds you see in the field, and seamlessly link these observations with eBird--a global online database of bird records used by hundreds of thousands of birders around the world. This free resource makes it easy to keep track of what you see, while making your data openly available for scientific research, education, and conservation. eBird Mobile is the only app that passes information directly from the Android device to your eBird account on the web.

Features

- Track your bird sightings from anywhere in the world.
- View your Life, Year, and Month lists for any region or nearby location.
- Full global taxonomy based on The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World.
- Common names available in 41 languages and regional versions (e.g., Portuguese names in Brazil or in Portugal).
- Checklists customized for your location and time of year, showing most likely species based on eBird data.
- Real-time feedback on whether a sighting is rare in the area.
- Quick entry tools to make note-taking faster than ever before.
- GPS enabled location plotting and tracking options.
- Map tools that show you hundreds of thousands of eBird Hotspots.
- Full offline functionality, enabling use in places with limited or no Internet connection.
- Entire app translated to Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Croatian, Khmer, Norwegian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese (Simplified), and Chinese (Traditional).

Ratings and reviews

Major bug causes ended checklists to restart when reopening the app in a new area. During the PA bird atlas so it forces the checklist outside of the block. This is really messed up for people who don't know to edit the track. Now edit track is also broken and the rolling out of poorly tested projects feature that is very buggy right before spring atlasing begins was a very bad idea. I know Cornell isn't NASA but these things need way more time and are already screwing up atlasing.

The new update is very buggy. I hadn't updated in a while and when I finally did, multiple features are not working. 1) Attempting to load submitted checklists causes the app to crash. 2) When starting a list from a previous date, there is no way to create a new location- only my current location appears. I haven't used the rest of the app yet, but those two features are the only things I've attempted so far and neither have worked. Please fix, I was planning on using the app for yearlisting!

This was working perfectly from October 2023 until today February 2024. I got a new phone but my app data was backed up. However, when I logged in, it no longer lets me save birds or add a new location. It only allows me to choose from "nearby" locations that are over 1 mile, or an old one. I absolutely loved this app, I don't know what I'll use to bird watch now :(

What’s new

Minor bug fixes and performance enhancements