Merlin Bird ID by Cornell Lab
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reference | Free | Cornell University | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
First, Merlin asks you a few simple questions. Then, almost like magic, it reveals the list of birds that best match your description. Pick your bird, then delve into more photos, sounds, and ID tips about your bird!
Merlin is fun and easy to use—whether you’re curious about a bird you’ve seen once or you’re hoping to identify every bird that comes to your feeder. The answers are waiting for you with this free app from the renowned Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
Features
• NEW - Download bird packs containing the species of your region, reducing the app size.
• Created for beginning and intermediate bird watchers, Merlin identifies the 400 most common bird species in the United States and Canada (excluding Hawaii).
• Intelligent results. No more scanning through hundreds of possibilities! Merlin shows the birds near you that fit your description.
• Customized location and date tools generate best answers for your neighborhood and time of year.
• Powered by eBird to deliver the most accurate results based on millions of sightings from bird watchers across North America.
• Enjoy more than 1,000 photos of birds, including males, females, and juveniles.
• Learn ID tips from Cornell Lab of Ornithology experts.
• Listen to beautiful bird songs and calls from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
• It’s all free! The Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s goal is to help you and millions of others to learn about birds.
Reviews
This app is great
BotanyNerd89
I love this app. I love keeping my lifer list. It’s great for birb information….The sound ID is a great feature. I’ll never forget being outside at night, hearing an owl and opening up the app and it identified it! It was an eastern screech owl. It ID’d it so quick the recording caught my Oh! When it showed what bird it was. Also I like that if you long press on the icon you can get to the sound ID quickly. It’s a great app to have if you are a bird lover or are curious of those tweets you hear out in nature!
An App that Brings Joy
AMSMaphet
Of all the ways our phones can cut us off from nature, this app does the opposite. One of my favorite rituals in my day is to go to a window (or outside) sit down with my drink of choice or even a meal, and watch for birds. I stop, I breathe, and I notice. I can do this alone to recharge or enjoy it with a friend or kiddo. Merlin is a life-giving app.
Better than ever
Collington Bird Man
Merlin keeps getting better. Its birdsong identification application is a huge improvement… in fact, it now overshadows the original color, shape, size, and habitat ID program. I can hardly wait until next year!
Where are the scientific names?
BrunoGF87901
I love the app but I would like to be able to read the binomial nomenclature of the birds as well.
Best help yet!
buncykenney
I take my cell phone and while walking in my neighborhood I listen for birds I can’t see well. It’s been SO NICE TO be able to use Merlin to identify them. I love using it and send grateful thanks to Cornell ornithology Dept. For enriching our lives with this new tool for birding.
Great app
angiecov33
I love this app of course sometimes it misses the bird I am hearing. It never identifies the Scaly-breasted Munia finches that are ABUNDANT in my yard. Otherwise fantastic app.
One of the best apps of all times
Tina1983
Very easy to use and pretdarn accurate with helpful information
Wonderful App
City Shooter
I use this app constantly. The quality of the pictures is amazing. Ii is so easy to customize so you can see the likelihood of spotting various birds in your state by month. Even in those cases where it can’t nail the identification of a bird from one bad picture, it can usually point you in the right direction. It is an excellent app for learn more about birds.
