Audubon Bird Guide

Identify over 800 bird species

Audubon Bird Guide

App stats

Version: 7.2.1 (Last updated: 2024-09-21)
Creation date: 2010-06-30
Permissions
Location: approximate location (network-based), precise location (GPS and network-based)
Photos/Media/Files: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Storage: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Camera: take pictures and videos
Wi-Fi connection information: view Wi-Fi connections
Other:
  • download files without notification
  • receive data from Internet
  • view network connections
  • full network access
  • run at startup
  • control vibration
  • prevent device from sleeping
  • read Google service configuration

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App summary

The Audubon Bird Guide is a free and complete field guide to over 800 species of North American birds, right in your pocket. Built for all experience levels, it will help you identify the birds around you, keep track of the birds you've seen, and get outside to find new birds near you.

With over 2 million downloads to date, it is one of the best and most trusted field guides for North American birds.

NOTE:

Thank you to all our users for the feedback on the new update. We'll be incorporating many of your feature suggestions and fixes in the next few updates. We very much appreciate your help and support.

Based on your feedback, we're currently working on the following issues:
- Restoration of user-created sighting lists. These lists were safely migrated with your account, but an issue is preventing them from being displayed. These will be restored soon in a future update, without any action required on your part.

- The ability to sort species alphabetically by last name in the field guide.

- Improved performance when searching and browsing lists of species, including the ability to quickly jump to a letter of the alphabet.

- Usability improvements, including photo and map display issues, for tablet users

- The ability to access the field guide, nearby eBird sightings, and other app features that don't require user-submitted data without first creating an account

- Other assorted usability and stability fixes

As always, if you need help with the app, or have a suggestion for a new feature, please contact us directly at [email protected]. Thanks!

KEY FEATURES:

ALL-NEW: BIRD ID
It's now easier than ever to identify a bird you just saw. Enter all you were able to observe—what color was it? How big? What did its tail look like?—and Bird ID will narrow down a list of possible matches for your location and date in real time.

LEARN ABOUT THE BIRDS YOU LOVE
Our field guide features over 3,000 photos, over eight hours of audio clips of songs and calls, multi-season range maps, and in-depth text by leading North American bird expert Kenn Kaufman.

KEEP TRACK OF ALL THE BIRDS YOU SEE
With our completely redesigned Sightings feature, you can keep a record of every bird you encounter, whether you're hiking, sitting on the porch, or simply catching a glimpse of birds out the window. We'll even keep an updated life list for you.

EXPLORE THE BIRDS AROUND YOU
See where the birds are with nearby birding hotspots and real-time sightings from eBird.

SHARE PHOTOS OF THE BIRDS YOU'VE SEEN
Post your photos to the Photo Feed so other Audubon Bird Guide users can see.

GET INVOLVED WITH AUDUBON
Keep up with the latest news from the world of birds, science, and conservation, right on the home screen. Find an Audubon location near you to go birding. Or see where your voice is needed and take action to protect birds and the places they need, right from your app.

FOR OUR EXISTING USERS:
Once you log in with your NatureShare account, your sightings and photos will migrate with you into the new app. If something doesn't look right, don't worry—all of your data is untouched, safe, and secure.

Note: While we work on migrating all of our users' data to the new app, we have temporarily disabled some of the app's community features. In the next few updates, we'll be restoring and adding new features that make it easy and fun to share and view the photos taken by other Audubon Bird Guide users around the country. Stay tuned!

About Audubon:
The National Audubon Society protects birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow, throughout the Americas using science, advocacy, education, and on-the-ground conservation. Audubon's state programs, nature centers, chapters, and partners have an unparalleled wingspan that reaches millions of people each year to inform, inspire, and unite diverse communities in conservation action. Since 1905, Audubon's vision has been a world in which people and wildlife thrive.

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Google Play Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Beautiful photos and vast information on bird characteristics.
  • Good user interface and layout, making it engaging to use.
  • Ability to track and catalog bird sightings effectively.
  • Includes bird calls, which enhances the user experience.
  • Great for learning and identifying North American birds.
Cons
  • App is glitchy and frequently freezes or locks up.
  • Issues with data loss, including losing custom bird call lists and sightings.
  • Search functionality is limited and often leads to incomplete or irrelevant results.
  • Difficulties with entering and changing location information.
  • Lack of certain features like sound ID, which competitors offer.
Most mentioned
  • Glitches and freezing issues.
  • Loss of data such as sightings and custom lists.
  • Limitations in the bird identification and search process.
  • Positive feedback on user interface and learning capabilities.
  • Desire for additional features and improvements.
User reviews
The photos are beautiful and there are lots of different characteristics that you can use to help identify a bird. The big thing that's missing is the capability to use sound ID, where you can record the bird vocalizations you're hearing and it tells you what it is. There is a competitor app that has this feature so hopefully this one will eventually have it as well.
by Fiona Phillips, 2024-10-19

I have given up on this app completely. It has only continued to degrade for the past 18 months; it is now so glitchy that, no matter what feature I try to open or use, the app immediately freezes and locks up. I have had no end of trouble with trying to enter sighting information (again, freezing/locking up) and the date/time entry for sightings somehow overrides my info. to put in something random. Customer Service keeps telling me they've fixed the app, yet here I am. Good-bye, Audubon.
by Brett Taylor, 2024-08-10

App has problems on Android. I'm signed in, so why do I have to enter my state every time I search. Most searches are done through Google instead due to incomplete search results. Most recent, Tennessee, yellow bird, I'm getting results from South America and not getting prothonotary warbler.
by Jachin Bateman, 2024-06-13
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