Species Guide

Explore bird species around the world by region or search for a cool bird you're interested in. See distribution maps, photos, info and Birda user sightings. If it is up there, it is in here!

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Old World Sparrows, Snowfinches

Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels

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What Our Birders Say

EandB17

Terrific App for Birders

Downloaded Birda around the time my interest in birding was sparked, and it has been a terrific app to help me (1) share my experience, (2) document my sightings, and (3) learn more about birds in general. That said, I also believe Birda is a fantastic app for birders of all experience levels. Great community!

Sacha0508

Simply fantastic

I love this app, it puts so much fun into recording the birds I’ve seen and heard while I’m out and about. The interface is user-friendly and suitable for all ages. It’s great to collect badges and to review my “lists”.

Ellesse_W

Learning Birding with Birda

I’m relatively new to birding as a hobby, and Birda is a great way to keep track off all the species I see. I’m still working on my ID skills, but the app is great for figuring out potential species, and the online community is so friendly and helpful. Definitely recommend Birda to both early and serious birders! 🐦

Nick S

Work together with community

Been loving using this app to log my bird sightings and work together with community members to identify different birds. I've already learned a lot since I started about a month ago!

Carl B

Helped me to identify more birds

Love this app and has helped me to identify more birds. The challenges and badges are great for keeping the motivation going to get out and keep birding.

Leonie

We've been waiting for an App like this

Excellent! We've been waiting for an app like this! Thank you! It would be nice if you could assign additional birds to sessions later!

SW H

Wonderful App

Birda is my go to app for keeping records of my bird sightings and sessions. It has fantastic information which is great at aiding identification. With all the updates that are coming in the new year, this app is something special.

D3Nature

Great app for learning Birds

I’ve been using the app for a couple of months and love it....Someone said it’s like a real life Pokémon Go for birds. They’re not far off! It’s something that the family can do that gets you out and about. Well worth downloading no matter your age.

Abi.M

Awesome App

I really enjoy using this app! It is such a friendly community of bird-lovers who are happy to help if I need ID advice. It’s been great motivation to get outdoors and go birding more! 10/10 😍😍

Patricia L

Very encouraging birding app

Easy to use, fun to see progress and encouraging to receive feedback from other users.

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Species Guide

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Black-browed Albatross

Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross

Light-mantled Albatross

Salvin's Albatross

Shy Albatross

Sooty Albatross

Wandering Albatross

African Darter

Common Sunbird-Asity

Schlegel's Asity

Velvet Asity

Yellow-bellied Sunbird-Asity

Black-bellied Storm Petrel

White-bellied Storm Petrel

White-faced Storm Petrel

CHALLENGES

Wilson's Petrel

Barn Owl

Red Owl

Bee-eater

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater

Olive Bee-eater

Grand Comoro Bulbul

Malagasy Bulbul

Mauritius Bulbul

Moheli Bulbul

Red-whiskered Bulbul

Reunion Bulbul

Seychelles Bulbul

Ortolan Bunting

Madagascar Buttonquail

LIFE LISTS

Amur Falcon

Banded Kestrel

Eleonora's Falcon

Hobby

Kestrel

Lesser Kestrel

Malagasy Kestrel

Mauritius Kestrel

Peregrine

Red-footed Falcon

Saker Falcon

Seychelles Kestrel

Sooty Falcon

Desert Wheatear

Forest Rock Thrush

Humblot's Flycatcher

Isabelline Wheatear

Littoral Rock Thrush

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Albatrosses

Anhingas, Darters

Asities

Austral Storm Petrels

Barn Owls

Bee-eaters

Bulbuls

Buntings

Buttonquail

Caracaras, Falcons

Chats, Old World Flycatchers

Cisticolas & Allies

Cormorants, Shags

Coursers, Pratincoles

Crab-plover

Crows, Jays

Cuckoo-roller

Cuckoos

Cuckooshrikes

Drongos

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