eBird by Cornell Lab

4.12K reviews
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Rated for 3+
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Rated for 3+
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About this app

eBird Mobile makes it easy to record the birds you see in the field, and seamlessly link these observations with eBird--a global online database of bird records used by hundreds of thousands of birders around the world. This free resource makes it easy to keep track of what you see, while making your data openly available for scientific research, education, and conservation. eBird Mobile is the only app that passes information directly from the Android device to your eBird account on the web.

Features

- Track your bird sightings from anywhere in the world.
- View your Life, Year, and Month lists for any region or nearby location.
- Full global taxonomy based on The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World.
- Common names available in 41 languages and regional versions (e.g., Portuguese names in Brazil or in Portugal).
- Checklists customized for your location and time of year, showing most likely species based on eBird data.
- Real-time feedback on whether a sighting is rare in the area.
- Quick entry tools to make note-taking faster than ever before.
- GPS enabled location plotting and tracking options.
- Map tools that show you hundreds of thousands of eBird Hotspots.
- Full offline functionality, enabling use in places with limited or no Internet connection.
- Entire app translated to Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Croatian, Khmer, Norwegian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese (Simplified), and Chinese (Traditional).
eBird Mobile lets you record the birds you see, adding them to eBird with ease
Updated on
Oct 21, 2026

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
  • No data shared with third parties
    Learn more about how developers declare sharing
  • This app may collect these data types
    Location and Personal info
  • Data is encrypted in transit
  • You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

3.97K reviews
A Google user
September 17, 2019
Latest version invalidated previous review. Well done! (Previous review: Not user friendly when it comes to submitting checklist to ebird or retrieving checklists from ebird (which it still can't do). 5-star for an app if you want to use it to keep a record of all the birds that you have seen during a survey without needing to bring notebook and pen. After the survey, handling the data is the same as how you would do with a notebook - without using paper)
5 people found this review helpful
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology
July 2, 2019
Hi! We're working on making the app sync with the website, but for now it is primarily for data entry while the web is for exploring eBird data. For instructions on submitting from eBird Mobile, check out this article: https://help.ebird.org/customer/en/portal/articles/2411868-getting-started-with-ebird-mobile
Rafn Sig,
February 11, 2026
A decent app. The usages is great but the app can use some refinement. Often lagging and slow to fetch information. It is far less usable than the web, like why can I only add images on the web. Same issue with subspecies, only on the web. Adding easy way to mark sexes and pairs should not be a difficult thing to add as well.
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Chris Stringer
October 23, 2026
Amazing app and service! I'm not sure why people complain - it's always worked great for me, and come on people, it's *free*! Nothing says "entitlement" like complaining that a free service doesn't meet your expectations because you have failed to learn to use it. Millions use this app daily, and I'd guess 99% of the time it works - and the 1% failure is *not* because the wonderful people at Cornell Labs want it to fail! Watch the tutorials and try, try again before posting a negative review.
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What’s new

Minor bug fixes and performance enhancements