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Merlin Bird ID by Cornell Lab 4+
Field Guide with Instant ID
Cornell University
Designed for iPhone
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- Free
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Description
What's that bird? Ask Merlin—the world’s leading app for birds. Just like magic, Merlin Bird ID will help you solve the mystery.
Merlin Bird ID helps you identify birds you see and hear. Merlin is unlike any other bird app—it's powered by eBird, the world’s largest database of bird sightings, sounds, and photos.
Merlin offers four fun ways to identify birds. Answer a few simple questions, upload a photo, record a singing bird, or explore birds in a region.
Whether you’re curious about a bird you’ve seen once or you’re hoping to identify every bird you can find, the answers are waiting for you with this free app from the renowned Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
WHY YOU’LL LOVE MERLIN
• Expert ID tips, range maps, photos, and sounds help you learn about the birds you spot and build birding skills.
• Discover a new bird species each day with your own personalized Bird of the Day
• Get customized lists of birds you can find where you live or travel - anywhere in the world!
• Keep track of your sightings—build your personal list of the birds you find
MACHINE LEARNING MAGIC
• Powered by Visipedia, Merlin Sound ID and Photo ID uses machine learning to identify birds in photos and sounds. Merlin learns to recognize bird species based on training sets of millions of photos and sounds collected by birders at eBird.org, archived in the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
• Merlin delivers the most accurate results thanks to experienced birders, who curate and annotate sightings, photos, and sounds, who are the true magic behind Merlin.
AMAZING CONTENT
• Choose bird packs that contain photos, songs, and calls, and identification help for anywhere in 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’s mission is to interpret and conserve the Earth’s biological diversity through research, education, and citizen science focused on birds and nature. We are able to offer Merlin for free thanks to the generosity of Cornell Lab members, supporters, and citizen-science contributors.
What’s New
Version 3.2
Location, Location, Location!
Approximate Location Magic: Merlin now works its wonders with just an approximate location. Easier to start, smoother to use!
No Location? No Worries! Even without location data, you can set your spot on the map and let Merlin do its thing, providing top-notch answers every time.
Smoother Messaging
Sound ID Enhancements: We’ve polished our messaging for areas where Sound ID isn’t supported, giving you clearer info and a better user experience.
Upgrade to 3.2 now and dive into a more flexible, privacy-friendly, and user-centric Merlin!
Ratings and Reviews
One of my favourite apps
As an ornithology amateur myself, this app is fantastic! It’s very easy to use and allows me to learn so much about the fascinating world of birds. I would have just one suggestion. Please don’t force me to custom name every single location, and just let me leave a default one instead. It’s very inconvenient. Otherwise, I have no notes!
Great App
Well done to the whole development team! You guys are doing a great job! As an amateur nature lover this app has everything I need to enjoy bird watching while I’m out in the field. The sound ID module is fast and very user friendly. It’s a great learning tool for beginners like myself! Thanks for helping get closer to these wonderful animals 😄
Remove all recordings option
Woould be great if you could add the small adjustment to the recordings section. Now, if I want to remove 50 records I need to select them one by one :(. Please add the option „select all” just to make our life easier!;)
Thanks and great app by the way ;)
App Privacy
The developer, Cornell University, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Identifiers
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Location
- Contact Info
- Usage Data
Privacy practices may vary based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Provider
- Cornell University
- Size
- 116.7 MB
- Category
- Reference
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, Afrikaans, Arabic, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malayalam, Marathi, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Zulu
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © Cornell University
- Price
- Free