Online ID Tools and Smartphone Apps

Identifying an unknown bird is a breeze with online bird guides and smart phone apps. These fantastic electronic field guides provide species information including identification tips, range, habitat, photos, and audio clips.

• Bird Identification / Species Information
  • The Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s All About Birds
    • www.allaboutbirds.org
  • National Audubon’s Guide to North American Birds
    • www.audubon.org/field-guide
• Smartphone Apps
  • Merlin
    • http://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/
    • Pros: 400 species; Easy-to-use ID search for beginning birders; Free!
  • iBird
    • http://ibird.com/
    • Pros: Bird ID search; Illustrations and photos; Ecology info; Song pattern ID
  • Audubon
    • http://www.audubonguides.com/field-guides/bird-identification-app.html
    • Pros: 771 species; Bird ID search; Designed for the experienced birder; Find a bird in your location/date