# Bird List: Birding Journal — Private offline photo list

> Private offline photo list (iPhone/iPad app by Eduardo Simioni.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bird-list-birding-journal/id6784409520 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Eduardo Simioni](https://appshunter.io/developer/6784409522)
- Category: Reference, Education
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 13.0 · 45 MB
- Languages: American English, European Portuguese
- Released: 2026-07-05
- Data updated: 2026-08-19
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bird-list-birding-journal/id6784409520/reviews.md

## What is Bird List?

Your birding life, in your pocket — and yours alone.

Bird List is a complete birding and bird-photography journal, built to work 100% offline and to respect your data like no other app in its class.

Real privacy
• No account, no sign-up, no ads — open and use
• Your records live ONLY on your phone
• Optional backup to YOUR Google Drive, in an app-private area — not even we can see your data
• No telemetry, no tracking

Made by a photographer, for photographers and birders
• Record sightings, vocalizations and photos — with a 1–5 photo quality rating
• Mark sex (male/female/pair), age (adult/juvenile/chick) and flock
• Attach your own photo and audio to each record
• Date with or without time, location by GPS or search, free tags

Complete built-in taxonomy
• 27,000+ taxa (eBird/Clements + iNaturalist) including subspecies
• Portuguese names (CBRO) with accent-insensitive search
• Reference photo for every species (iNaturalist, with author credit)

Smart lists
• Filter by country, state, municipality, family, order, dates, marks, sex/age/flock, minimum rating and tags
• Manual lists and TARGET lists: species you want to find, with progress tracking and offline media (photo + reference song) to recognize the bird in the field with no signal
• Explore: browse your records by place and by taxonomy with zero manual organizing

Bring your history
• WikiAves: import your records with photos, place, sex and age
• iNaturalist: import your observations by username
• Open JSON export/import — your data is never locked in

Explore
• Map of your sightings (tap a pin and return to the exact spot via Maps)
• Statistics: lifers per year, families, countries, collection coverage
• English and Portuguese

Download and start recording — no account, no e-mail, no giving up your data.


## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 1.1.0 — 2026-08-11

New — Photo view: any species list becomes a grid of your photos, with adjustable columns, names, and a reference photo for what you haven't photographed yet.

Fixes:
• Cancelling an export no longer deletes the records
• Renaming a place no longer wipes its coordinates
• Tapping anywhere closes the enlarged photo
• Assorted fixes across import, dates, lists and photos

Settings now has a shortcut to rate the app in the store.

### 1.0.2 — 2026-08-07

• Share list: pass your target list on — only the species are shared, not your records
• You can now import a file that contains only lists
• The import summary counts the lists and flags species it doesn't recognise
• The AI helper also explains how to build target lists, not just records
• Fixes: the list menu scrolls on small screens; "Set as primary" is not available for target lists

### 1.0.1 — 2026-07-15

• Redesigned record cards: denser, one-line location, inline subspecies
• Photo and sighting now toggle freely
• Faster, more accurate species search
• Species photos load faster
• More reliable, lighter backups
• Sturdier imports that recover cleanly if interrupted
• Editing, accessibility and stability fixes

### 1.0 — 2026-07-05

No release notes.

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