Merlin Bird ID by Cornell Lab
by Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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Updated January 21, 2022
Whatâs that bird? Just answer 5 questions, snap a photo, or record its song!
Features Merlin Bird ID by Cornell Lab
Merlin Bird ID helps you identify birds with ease.
Youâll get personalized results of birds to expect based on the time of year and your location or your choice of regions around the world, including a digital field guide with more than 80,000 photos and sounds, plus maps, and ID tips!
Merlin is the most fully featured and global bird app available, and the only one enabling both sound and photo identification powered by AI.Merlin offers four fun ways to identify birds.
Get guided bird ID assistance by answering a few simple questions and, like magic, Merlin will reveal a list of birds that match your description.
If you have a photo of a bird that you canât ID, tap âPhoto IDâ to identify your bird.
Do you hear a bird that you donât recognize or canât see?
Tap âSound IDâ to record the bird you are hearing and Merlin will show you which species are most likely, in real time!
Or you can pick âExplore Birdsâ and Merlin will show you all the birds most likely to be around you on that day.
Merlin is free, fun, and easy to useâwhether youâre curious about a bird youâve seen once or youâre hoping to identify every bird you can find.
The answers are waiting for you with this free ID app and field guide from the renowned Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
WHY YOUâLL LOVE MERLIN ⢠Merlin is for everyone!
Merlin was created for bird watchers, nature lovers, and anyone who is curious about birds.
⢠Easily identify the birds you see or hear and build your birding skills.
⢠Customized to your backyard or wherever you travel so youâll never be without a bird guide.
⢠Intelligent results.
Merlin shows the birds near you that match your description, photo, or sound recording.
No more scanning through hundreds of possibilities!
⢠Merlin is the only app that uses advanced AI technology to help you identify a bird in a photo or a sound recording.
⢠Expert ID tips, range maps, photos, and sounds help you learn even more about the birds you spot.
⢠Merlin lets you build a life list!
Save the birds you identify to keep track of the birds youâve seen.
⢠Merlin is completely free!
AMAZING CONTENT ⢠Choose bird packs that contain photos, songs, and calls, and identification help for many regions around the world, including the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, South America, Europe, South Africa, Kenya, Northern Africa, the Middle East, Asia, India, Japan, New Zealand, Australia, and more.
New regions are added every month.
⢠More than 50,000 photos of birds, including males, females, and juveniles.
⢠Listen to beautiful bird sounds, including more than 30,000 songs and calls curated by the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
⢠Identification tips in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Hebrew, German, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese, depending on the range of the species.
⢠Powered by eBird and the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology to deliver the most accurate results based on millions of sightings, photos, and sounds from bird watchers across the world.
The Cornell Lab of Ornithologyâs goal is to help you and millions of others to learn about birds.
Our nonprofit mission to improve the understanding and protection of birds and nature is made possible by the generosity of Cornell Lab members, supporters, and citizen-science contributors.
ABOUT PHOTO ID Powered by Visipedia, Merlin Photo ID uses computer vision and deep learning technology to identify birds in photos.
Merlin learns to recognize bird species based on training sets of millions of photos and sounds from birders at eBird.org.
When using Photo ID, enter the date and location where you took the photo; those clues improve Merlinâs accuracy by helping it focus on the species you most likely encountered there.Sound ID for 400+ species in the US and Canada!
Have you ever been mystified when hearing a bird you canât see?
Merlin helps you identify birds even when you canât see them.
Record the birds you hear, and watch real-time results show up on the screen to help guide you to the correct identification.
Secure & Private
Your data is protected with industry-leading security protocols.
24/7 Support
Our dedicated support team is always ready to help you.
Personalization
Customize the app to match your preferences and workflow.
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What Our Users Say
Don't just take our word for it. Here's what our users have to say about our Android app.
"Great features for bird ID and recording. Bird packs available for worldwide regions. Really happy with this App."
Jason Pratt
"I use it almost every day. Excellent app!"
Michael Scott
"Great app for identifying birds; I especially like the step-by-step ID process which allows you to identify a bird simply by answering questions. Really helpful when you're unable to take a photo or record the sound!"
inga n
"Very wonderful app for those interested in bird watching.."
ANJALI G Ramesh
"No packs available"
Kevin Johnsrude
"I'm not even a bird watcher and I'm obsessed"
Suzanne McCloskey
"Fantastic"
Jerry Bies
"I have been unable to download the data file. I don't know if it's an issue with the server, the phone, the app, or the line. It would be great to have the option to save the data file to the SD card instead of occupying a huge amount of the phone's internal storage."
Alan
"Works very well"
Rick Cole
"This app let's me relax and enjoy my coffee in the morning, listening to birds sounds and then see a picture of the bird to look for it the future. For me this is the best meditation I can do. Thank you Merlinđ"
Trish Leheny
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