UPDATE THIS APP
This app has not been updated for 6 years. There have been numerous taxonomic splits, lumps, & renames in that time & this app is woefully behind the times. If it was regularly updated, I would give it 5 stars. As it is right now, it’s a 3.
Love this app!
Perfect--just what I needed to find these codes. I refer to it often.
Excellent
So easy to use , thank you
Terrific app, needs taxonomic update
I rely on this app (ver. 2.2) as the quickest way to search for band codes and proper scientific names but it is out-of-date. It could benefit from adding new US birds (accepted vagrants) and a taxonomy update, reflecting splits:
- Western Scrub-Jay to California and Woodhouse’s in 2016;
- Clapper Rail to Clapper and Ridgway’s in 2014;
- genus split for the North American cormorants in 2021.
- et al.
- Western Scrub-Jay to California and Woodhouse’s in 2016;
- Clapper Rail to Clapper and Ridgway’s in 2014;
- genus split for the North American cormorants in 2021.
- et al.
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It’s the conflicts I want to know
CEWA was my first. More recently NOSH surprised me. So many wrens it was bound to happen, so we skip CAWR. It takes time ( maybe many years) to encounter them.
So it would be nice if the app displayed species in conflict when you enter a guess that’s not a legitimate code.
So it would be nice if the app displayed species in conflict when you enter a guess that’s not a legitimate code.
Functional
No bells and whistles. Just exactly what you need to confirm a banding code.
Keeps closing
I have the latest iPhone update and this app won’t open.
Never updated
Names and codes need to be updated regularly. These are not, so it’s useless.
Easy Banding codes / 4 letter codes
Next time you want to make sure you’re not crazy, that there isn’t anything normally called a YHBB or a CEWA, you can check here instantly. One thing well.
Pleasantly surprised
There really is an app for everything..
Please update...
Great app, please update for larger screen.
Does the job without much fuss
Especially good for people who make up codes when posting their sightings. Using codes is controversial, but if you are going to do it you should use the correct code. Not all of them are obvious because of duplications.
Quick and easy
A comprehensive, user-friendly solution.
Very handy
Since learning about these codes I've been using them to both enter sightings more rapidly in eBird and to code my photos.
Birrfect!!!!
awesome app, I use it constantly!!! Convenient and functional!!! A must have for every serious birder!!!
The best at what it does
Gets the job done if you need to know the codes.
Simple and handy
Easy to use and a handy way to check some of the exceptions to the code when they come up.
Fast & easy
I struggle with remembering all of the bird codes. This is a handy app that I rely on almost daily. Does what it says. No bells and whistles. We can leave that for the birds!
You must know the correct spelling. It will not guess for you.
You must know the correct spelling. It will not guess for you.
Adequate
Slow, simple, but does the job. Very low production values. Strikes me as project probably of an Intro to App Development class. This seems like such a simple task I don't understand why it's so slow!
Quick and Easy
Great tool, and super user friendly.
