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

I love eBird, no question about it. However, to do literally anything with the app, location has to be on, which is very unnecessary except for recording track. It should be possible to set a default location for Explore and My eBird, rather than being forced to turn location on every time I open the app. It's incredibly annoying that you have to use 24-hr time if you change the time of the checklist. Being able to upload media would also be helpful.

Everything works great except the location. It won't let me put in addresses, adjust the path I traveled, or simply drop a pin to create a new location. The only options it gives are too far away to be accurate. Keeping the app, it's great. And fun seeing my submissions show up on Audubon, just waiting for location problems to be fixed.

The web version is a million times better and I don't have to deal with the frustration of the spinning circle of annoyance when it comes to my location. Why do I always start in Africa? I live in the US and yet whenever I go to explore, there I am staring at the west coast of Africa like I'm yearning for Sao Tome watching everything spinning so my location can be determined which it never actually does. I don't want to start at a global level when I tap explore. Fix the issues I will re-rate.

What's new

Minor bug fixes and performance enhancements