Merlin Bird ID

Editor's Review

Ever wondered, "What's that bird?" 🤔 Meet Merlin Bird ID, your magical guide to the avian world! 🌍 Powered by eBird, Merlin is the ultimate app for identifying birds through sights and sounds. Just like a wizard, Merlin helps you unravel the mysteries of the birds around you. 🧙‍♂️

Merlin Bird ID offers four enchanting ways to identify birds: answer simple questions, upload a photo, record a singing bird, or explore birds in a specific region. 📸 Whether you're a seasoned birder or a curious beginner, Merlin has something for everyone! 🌟

Why you'll fall in love with Merlin:

• Expert Tips & Resources: Learn about the birds you spot with expert ID tips, range maps, photos, and sounds. 📚
• Personalized Bird of the Day: Discover a new bird species every day! 🐦
• Customized Bird Lists: Get lists of birds you can find where you live or travel, anywhere in the world. 🗺️
• Sightings Tracker: Keep a record of your bird sightings and build your personal bird list. 📝

Machine Learning Magic:

Merlin's Sound ID and Photo ID features use machine learning to identify birds in photos and sounds. 🤖 Powered by Visipedia, Merlin learns from millions of photos and sounds collected by birders at eBird.org and archived in the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. 🦉

Amazing Content:

Choose bird packs that contain photos, songs, calls, and identification help for regions all over the world, including Mexico, Costa Rica, South America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, India, Australia, Korea, Japan, China, and more! 🗺️

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology provides Merlin for free thanks to the generosity of its members, supporters, and citizen-science contributors. Join the community and start your birding adventure today! 🎉

Features

• Identify birds through simple questions

• Identify birds by uploading a photo

• Identify birds by recording their song

• Explore birds by region

• Machine learning magic for accurate identification

• Access to bird packs for different regions

• Keep track of your sightings

• Personalized Bird of the Day

Pros

• Expert ID tips and resources to build birding skills

• Personalized Bird of the Day feature for daily discoveries

• Customized bird lists based on location

• Keep track of your bird sightings easily

• Powered by eBird, the world’s largest bird database

Cons

• Accuracy depends on the quality of user-submitted data

• Sound and Photo ID require good audio/visual clarity