App for Tracking Bird Observations
- Track all birds you spot on your trips in nature in the app
- Life list: easily track your global lifers or per country
- Interactive map of recent rare bird sightings nearby
- Bird quizes, challenges and an active global community
- Create a free birder account
Identify birds from a photo
Find out which bird you’ve photographed. Upload your photo to FaunaMap and see the most likely bird species. Get help identifying an unfamiliar bird you’ve spotted in your garden, on a walk or on a trip.
Photo identification takes visible features into account, along with the location, date and season of your sighting. Compare the suggestions with your photo to help identify the species, then record your discovery.
Upload a photo
Take a photo or choose an image from your gallery.
View the suggested species
Within seconds, you'll see the most likely species.
Save your bird sighting
Select the matching species and save your sighting with a photo and location.
Recording Bird Sightings
The modern birdwatcher who wants to keep track of sightings does this online, of course. With the FaunaMap app, you can easily log all the birds you encounter on your journey. Afterwards, you’ll see a map with all the birds you've spotted. This overview can be shared with others.
- Log birds with GPS location
- Handy overview of all species per session
- See how rare a bird is while entering it
- Also possible to log individual sightings
Bird Sightings Near You
With a handy map in the app, you can instantly see all sightings from the past 24 hours near you. You can also search for a specific bird and click through to view all related sightings.
- Map overview of all nearby bird sightings
- View all sightings by bird species
- See rare sightings at a glance
- Filter by different periods
Personal Life List
Many birdwatchers use a life list. FaunaMap has a built-in life list for tracking all the bird species you've seen in your life. In a convenient overview, you can see which species you’re still missing.
- Clear life list
- See at a glance which bird species you still need
- Your life list is automatically updated
- Birds are sorted by rarity
Suitable for Beginner Birdwatchers
Is it a yellow wagtail or a large yellow wagtail? Especially for beginner birdwatchers, it can be tricky to identify the exact bird species. To help you with this, the app is full of useful information and quizzes that teach you about various bird species in an accessible way.
- Educational information about bird species
- Test your knowledge with different quizzes
- The information adjusts to your knowledge level
Share your discoveries with fellow birdwatchers
Spotted an interesting bird or taken a great photo? Share your bird sightings with the FaunaMap community. See what other birdwatchers are discovering, comment on their photos and find inspiration for your next walk or birding trip.
Not sure which bird you’ve seen? Share a photo and ask fellow birdwatchers to help identify it. Learn from each other’s experiences and help one another recognize the birds you encounter.
- Share your bird sightings and photos
- Follow other birdwatchers and comment on their discoveries
- Get help from the community with bird identification
Birdwatching App for Android and iOS
Make interaction between birdwatchers even easier with our free Android and iOS app. In addition to adding and viewing sightings, you can also interact with other birdwatchers. Even if you're unsure about the species, the app helps you identify it together. Plus, it also works offline, making it ideal when you're in nature areas with limited reception.
- Free app for Android and iOS
- Active birdwatcher community
- Add sightings wherever you are
Record sightings
Record your bird sightings with a location and photo, so you can easily look back on your discoveries.
Identify birds
Use photo and sound identification to help recognize birds in your garden or while you’re out exploring.
Track your life list
See which species you’ve spotted and keep track of your life list by country, year, area or birding trip.
Explore new places
Explore new natural areas and discover which bird species you might encounter on your next walk or trip.
Birds around you
See recent bird sightings near you and discover interesting places to explore on your next birding walk.
Share discoveries
Share sightings and photos, follow fellow birdwatchers and help each other identify the birds you spot.
