Leave a Review All Birds Ecuador field guide
Nice addition to my other Ecuadorian field guides
I can use this app in the field for a broader catalogue of calls/songs than just Merlín. It’s also a good quick reference (easy to use and easy to find the bird you’re looking for).jake93chut
Great layout!
I haven’t taken the app into the field yet, but my first impression is very favorable. It is laid out in a way that is very easy to use, and the sound recordings are a valuable feature that you can’t get in a printed field guide. The checklist feature is really nice too.RPR200
Beats Carrying a Book
Illustrations and audio are good and the comparison feature is isn’t as good as Audubon’s but it’s nice enough. Very lacking on adding your observations unless you do it right in the field, which is often impractical. You have to go into the map application each and every time you want to add a bird to a list. Once you start a list, why not have a feature to add a sighting to it with the same date and location? Otherwise, what’s the point of giving a list a title? I obviously won’t be using it to keep track of my sightings on my upcoming trip, which was the main reason I forked over $25 for it - but it beats lugging a field guide around.Show lessSueB1023
Excellent app for Ecuador
Heading to Ecuador in a few weeks and wanted an app to bring along in the field instead of lugging a book around. The app is very well organized and easy to navigate.VT phan
Great bird guide app!
I am using this app to study Ecuador birds for an upcoming trip. The app is user-friendly and contains great features that a book simply can’t do as well: (1) learn bird calls and songs, (2) manually select a few birds to provide quick side-by-side comparisons, and (3) for each bird, use the “similar” button to switch to the side-by-side comparisons with pre-selected similar species that I may have overlooked.
The app uses great images from its companion field guides, complete with ID pointers. In addition, the app includes map views that extend beyond the specific country to help learn bird ranges in context, beyond such political boundaries.
Finally, the app includes text on bird ID field marks, habits, likely habitat, and other notes including taxonomy details (because taxonomy is ever-evolving with new DNA approaches etc.).
P.S.: the app includes an “identify” search engine and a sightings entry tool which I haven’t used yet. Don’t forget to check the “About” section which includes great information.Show lessJJ4515
Upcoming Trip
I purchased this app to prepare for an upcoming trip. The app is well organized and easy to navigate. The sounds are extensive.
Now it time to study!kvino
As good as it gets
I use this app as a tool for learning the birds by ear. I used their Trinidad and Tobago app before my trip to Ada Wright and significantly increased my ability to identify birds while there. I expect the same in Ecuador.NH birder
First impression is very promising
Just downloaded the app, and it looks aesthetically pleasing as soon as you open it. The groupings are very helpful and as you drill down, the flow appears to be logical and as you’d expect. Can’t wait to put it to use next week when in EcuadorBirderGolfer
Great to use in the field!
All of the illustrations are beautifully rendered, and the “similar species” button is really helpful when confirming identification. I’m so glad I had this on my recent trip, and I loved being able to make daily lists to track my sightings. The recorded calls and songs were also very helpful!kristin.bell
First impressions
So far I’ve only used this app to familiarize myself with the species and test identifying birds using the app and eBird’s photo quiz. Seems to work fairly well especially if you know the family of the bird you are trying to identify. The key that allows you to select features of the bird to then give you the most probable species as a percentage match does give an excessively long list including 1152 species rather than eliminate species from the list.
The app does a really nice job of highlighting vagrants and endemic species including toggles in settings to not show or only show those.Show lessQC opinions
