About Birdr
Birdr is a free birding app built to make birdwatching more accessible, more social, and more fun. Whether you're a beginner who just noticed a cardinal in the backyard or a seasoned lister chasing your 500th species, Birdr gives you the tools to find birds, learn to identify them, plan trips to see new ones, and connect with other birdrs along the way.
How does Birdr find birds near me?
Birdr uses real-time observation data from eBird, the world's largest citizen science database for birds, managed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. When you open the app, it pulls recent and notable sightings from your area so you can see what species are active nearby, which hotspots are producing, and whether any rare birds have been reported. The interactive map lets you explore sightings across any region.
What features does Birdr offer?
Birdr combines six core features in one app: a real-time sightings dashboard, an interactive explore map, a birding trip planner with curated destinations worldwide, a skill builder with bird call quizzes and visual identification modules, a community feed for sharing sightings and field notes, and expert-tested gear guides covering binoculars, cameras, spotting scopes, field guides, clothing, and accessories.
Is Birdr free?
Yes. Birdr is completely free to use. The app is supported in part by affiliate commissions on gear guide recommendations. We only recommend products we would use ourselves, and buying through our links costs you nothing extra while helping support continued development of the app.
What gear does Birdr recommend?
Our gear guides cover everything a birder needs in the field, from beginner binoculars starting at $150 to premium optics from Swarovski and Zeiss. We also review cameras for bird photography, spotting scopes for distance birding, field guides, clothing, daypacks, and essential accessories. Every recommendation is tested and updated regularly to reflect current pricing and availability.
Who builds Birdr?
Birdr is made by birdrs, for birdrs. We're a small team of developers and birdwatchers who believe the next generation of birding tools should be beautiful, intuitive, and community-driven. Birdr is currently in early access (v0.1) and actively evolving based on feedback from our users.
Our data sources
Birdr is built on data from some of the most trusted names in ornithology and conservation. We believe in transparency about where our data comes from and in supporting the organizations that make it possible.
eBird
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Real-time bird sightings from the world’s largest citizen science database, with over 1 billion observations from birders worldwide.
xeno-canto
Creative Commons
Bird songs and calls from the world’s largest collection of wildlife sound recordings, shared under open licenses.
iNaturalist
California Academy of Sciences
Biodiversity observations from a global community of naturalists, powering species identification and ecological research.
IUCN Red List
International Union for Conservation of Nature
Conservation status assessments for every species, from the world's most comprehensive inventory of biological diversity.
BirdNET
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Sound identification powered by the BirdNET acoustic model, recognizing over 6,000 species worldwide. Model used under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.