g-Bird
Free AppAbout g-Bird
g-Bird Android is a Worldwide GPS Bird recording app that allows you to quickly and easily record any Bird species that you are currently viewing in the field anywhere in the world. No more need to write checklists anymore or create personal bird lists for certain areas, its all automatically done now and can be exported and emailed to .csv format for use in other projects. It should take now about 2-4 seconds to record any bird sighting and is possible to record most species in a bird party around you in just a minute or 2 while they are still present.
One of the main features of the app is a provisional validation of whether the bird is Inside/Outside its recognized Distribution Range or not and therefore a first level of Data Vetting. This helps tremendously and provides immediate feedback of a potential mis-id of a bird in the field. Having the phone tell you whether it is out of range allows you the chance to re-id the bird while it is still in front of you.
The ability to record real-time bird observations in the field and have them flow directly into the g-Bird database has huge implications, not just for birders and g-Bird, but for citizen-science in general.
-- View Sightings in 3-D GoogleEarth once uploaded from the phone
-- Species lists for all 252 Countries worldwide
-- GPS records Latitude/Longitude
-- Also records current Date/Time, Behavior, Status, Bird Count, Comment of any sighting
-- In-Range/Out-of-Range validation for All sightings in Africa, Europe, N&S America
-- In-Range/Out-of-Range Validation for Species in Selection-List based on current GPS position
-- GoogleMap display per Sighting (with Range Map and Sighting Validation)
-- GoogleMap display for All Sightings in TripList
-- 7,000 Species Range Maps
-- 7,000 Species Thumbnails
-- 16 languages for Species (Eng, Lat, Fre, Afr, Spa, Dut, Ger, Ita, Por, Heb, Jap, Rus, Ara, Swe, Chi, Kor)
-- Email sightings to friends
-- Trip List Counters (Total Sightings, Total Species)
-- Search for any species in the WorldList
-- Report: My Sightings per Species
-- Report: Personal Bird Lists available in next version
-- Built-in Database on Phone to manage Sightings
-- Uploading functionality from phone
-- Personal Account Manager
-- Uses IOC worldbirdnames.org Species Name source
Please note that an additional download of 65MB is required once this app has been installed. Please ensure you use a WiFi connection to prevent additional data costs.
Sightings in Database will NOT be lost when updating to later version of app.
You do not need an internet connection on the phone to use the app to record your Trip Lists. An internet connection is only required when uploading the lists to the server to view in 3-D on g-bird.org
Once registered, your registration details will be the same when working on the phone or the website
One of the main features of the app is a provisional validation of whether the bird is Inside/Outside its recognized Distribution Range or not and therefore a first level of Data Vetting. This helps tremendously and provides immediate feedback of a potential mis-id of a bird in the field. Having the phone tell you whether it is out of range allows you the chance to re-id the bird while it is still in front of you.
The ability to record real-time bird observations in the field and have them flow directly into the g-Bird database has huge implications, not just for birders and g-Bird, but for citizen-science in general.
-- View Sightings in 3-D GoogleEarth once uploaded from the phone
-- Species lists for all 252 Countries worldwide
-- GPS records Latitude/Longitude
-- Also records current Date/Time, Behavior, Status, Bird Count, Comment of any sighting
-- In-Range/Out-of-Range validation for All sightings in Africa, Europe, N&S America
-- In-Range/Out-of-Range Validation for Species in Selection-List based on current GPS position
-- GoogleMap display per Sighting (with Range Map and Sighting Validation)
-- GoogleMap display for All Sightings in TripList
-- 7,000 Species Range Maps
-- 7,000 Species Thumbnails
-- 16 languages for Species (Eng, Lat, Fre, Afr, Spa, Dut, Ger, Ita, Por, Heb, Jap, Rus, Ara, Swe, Chi, Kor)
-- Email sightings to friends
-- Trip List Counters (Total Sightings, Total Species)
-- Search for any species in the WorldList
-- Report: My Sightings per Species
-- Report: Personal Bird Lists available in next version
-- Built-in Database on Phone to manage Sightings
-- Uploading functionality from phone
-- Personal Account Manager
-- Uses IOC worldbirdnames.org Species Name source
Please note that an additional download of 65MB is required once this app has been installed. Please ensure you use a WiFi connection to prevent additional data costs.
Sightings in Database will NOT be lost when updating to later version of app.
You do not need an internet connection on the phone to use the app to record your Trip Lists. An internet connection is only required when uploading the lists to the server to view in 3-D on g-bird.org
Once registered, your registration details will be the same when working on the phone or the website
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Android app
App History & Updates
What's Changed
Version 4
- Fixed search functionality
Version 3
- Map Enhancements
- Removed Wi-Fi warning prompts
Version 2
- Added resume support to add-on downloading
- Added new species and full Arabic language listing for Kuwait
- Added old English species names
Version 4
- Fixed search functionality
Version 3
- Map Enhancements
- Removed Wi-Fi warning prompts
Version 2
- Added resume support to add-on downloading
- Added new species and full Arabic language listing for Kuwait
- Added old English species names
What are users saying about g-Bird
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by R####:
by R####:
This looks utterly amazing. From the screen shots and the website info this is a stunning birding app.... But, promise aside, if you can't download the needed files it is a little useless. 3 stars for now and 20 when the data downloads work. Several hours later... No bird data download.... Website 'Contact Us' does nothing... Registered on website and it repeatedly downloaded Google Earth plugin because it would not acknowledge that it had been done. It has become a time wasting nightmare.
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by D####:
by D####:
Will not download files!!! @#$!
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by U####:
by U####:
The app has the following bugs: 1. The program crashes when switching between apps for example, switch from G-Bird to another app, then switch back after 2 minutes and it crashes. 2. When searching for a bird name, the app returns all birds in the whole world that match your search criteria and not only for your country. 3. When you want to email a list, the app crashes and the email is sent without the export. The support team has been contacted. Once these issues have been sorted out my rating will go back to 5 stars.
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by U####:
by U####:
Great App and it works. Had a problem editing but was quickly sorted out by the Backroom Boys. Well done and I reckon anyone interested in birding should be using this App.
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by B####:
by B####:
This looks utterly amazing. From the screen shots and the website info this is a stunning birding app.... But, promise aside, if you can't download the needed files it is a little useless. 3 stars for now and 20 when the data downloads work. Several hours later... No bird data download.... Website 'Contact Us' does nothing... Registered on website and it repeatedly downloaded Google Earth plugin because it would not acknowledge that it had been done. It has become a time wasting nightmare.
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by U####:
by U####:
Wow. Excellent app and no problems installing and using. Rethinking my whole birding experience. Love the Out-of-range checks. Great idea, learning lots as I use it. Thanks
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by Z####:
by Z####:
The app has the following bugs: 1. The program crashes when switching between apps for example, switch from G-Bird to another app, then switch back after 2 minutes and it crashes. 2. When searching for a bird name, the app returns all birds in the whole world that match your search criteria and not only for your country. 3. When you want to email a list, the app crashes and the email is sent without the export. The support team has been contacted. Once these issues have been sorted out my rating will go back to 5 stars.
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by Z####:
by Z####:
Great App and it works. Had a problem editing but was quickly sorted out by the Backroom Boys. Well done and I reckon anyone interested in birding should be using this App.
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by O####:
by O####:
This looks utterly amazing. From the screen shots and the website info this is a stunning birding app.... But, promise aside, if you can't download the needed files it is a little useless. 3 stars for now and 20 when the data downloads work. Several hours later... No bird data download.... Website 'Contact Us' does nothing... Registered on website and it repeatedly downloaded Google Earth plugin because it would not acknowledge that it had been done. It has become a time wasting nightmare.
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by Z####:
by Z####:
Wow. Excellent app and no problems installing and using. Rethinking my whole birding experience. Love the Out-of-range checks. Great idea, learning lots as I use it. Thanks
by E####:
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