# BirdsEye Bird Finding Guide — A Global Birding Tool > Global birding tool for identifying and finding bird species with sighting data. (iPhone/iPad app by Birds In The Hand, LLC.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/birdseye-bird-finding-guide/id324168850 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Birds In The Hand, LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/323029383) - Category: Reference, Education - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Rating: 4.50/5 from 1,871 App Store ratings · 151 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 12.0 · 20 MB - Languages: American English, European Spanish - Released: 2009-12-02 - Data updated: 2026-08-29 - Monetization: free with in-app purchases - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/birdseye-bird-finding-guide/id324168850/reviews.md ## What is BirdsEye Bird Finding Guide? BirdsEye is a unique and powerful tool that helps you discover the birds around you and find the birds you want to see. See more birds with BirdsEye! BirdsEye is the perfect tool for birders of any level, naturalists and educators. The free version of BirdsEye also includes stunning and detailed photographs from many top birders, bird photographers and guides. "Best invention for birding since binoculars"... Kenn Kaufman, author of the famed Kaufman Field Guides to Birds of North America "A landmark in birding"… John Fitzpatrick, Director, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology BirdsEye is great for beginning and intermediate birders as a free download. Explore the 100 most common birds near you (or for any spot on earth), and learn about the birds you are most likely to see in your yard or the local park. When you are ready to see more, paid subscriptions give you access to every countable species in your region or worldwide. Features: INSTANT BIRD LISTS • See customized lists of birds reported recently near you, at birding hotspots, or any random point on earth! • Sea seasonal abundance for each bird for that location • View recent eBird sightings and get driving directions to each one INCREASE YOUR LIFE LIST • See a list of “needs” - species recently reported nearby that aren't on your selected life or year list • Reports of rare and notable birds in your area and across the ABA region • Automatically sync your life or year lists with eBird for the ABA area, world, country, state or even county! TRIP PLANNING • Find additional content in the Bird Guide Store for other continents, including sounds, images and bird-finding tips from local experts. • Set Favorite Locations for your destinations to scope out recent sightings • Get driving directions right to any hotspot or sighting • Support for bird names in several languages STORE We have partnered with Birdsounds.nl, the premier online store selling bird sounds packages for many regions around the world. Access these extensive collections of bird songs from right inside of BirdsEye. Currently available sound packages include: Bird Sounds of Costa Rica, Brazil, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Mexico, Northern Siberia, Sri Lanka, Australia, Peru, Colombia, Belgium and Holland, and Malaysia! Most BirdsEye functionality is available to all of our users. Certain premium features require a regional or world membership to unlock their full potential. Premium features include: • More checklists for species on the Rare Bird Alert • Rare Bird Alert - see the latest reported ABA rarities and eBird checklist • Search for Notables up to 250 miles from current location • Unlimited Favorite Locations • View Bird List for any month of the year • Downloading content for offline use A NOTE ON MEMBERSHIPS: In addition to regional memberships, we offer a World membership that gives you access to all of the birds on earth and several other features. Your membership helps pay for our ongoing efforts to create the most innovative and powerful birding apps in the world. We do not and have never earned a profit on the sale of this app, but do it to support the birding community. Memberships, donations and the contributions of photos help us keep making BirdsEye better. To get your membership, just launch BirdsEye and go to the Store. You'll see a membership option. The first monthly payment will be charged to your iTunes Account when you confirm your purchase. Your BIRDSEYE memberships and subscriptions renew each month and your iTunes account will be charged automatically. You can turn off auto-renew at any point from your iTunes account settings. See birdseyebirding.com/privacy for more information. We are committed to supporting the birding community and bird conservation through the eBird project. Our goal is to encourage participation through BirdsEye. ## Key features - Instant bird lists with recent sightings - Seasonal abundance data - Driving directions to hotspots - Life list syncing with eBird - Trip planning with favorite locations - Access to bird sound packages - Rare bird alerts ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | World Membership | $4.99 | per month | | World Membership | $39.99 | per year | | US and Canada Membership | $2.99 | per month | | US and Canada Membership | $29.99 | per year | | BirdsEye Africa Membeship | $1.99 | per month | | BirdsEye - Hawaii and the South Pacific | $1.99 | per month | | Europe and the Western Palearctic | $1.99 | per month | | BirdsEye Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean | $1.99 | per month | | Asia Membership | $1.99 | per month | | South America Membership | $1.99 | per month | ## What do users think of BirdsEye Bird Finding Guide? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🚀 Useful for finding birds - 🗺️ Provides location-based bird sightings - 📷 Good photo and audio resources - 🔍 Helps identify birds - 📋 Useful for maintaining life and year lists - 🌍 Worldwide coverage **Cons** - 🐛 Buggy and crashes frequently - 🔍 Incomplete or redundant species information - 🔒 Unreliable offline access - 💰 Expensive subscription model - 🔄 Slow updates and lack of support - 🤔 Unintuitive user experience **Commonly reported bugs** - Membership not recognized in app - Frequent download errors and issues - Inconsistent behavior across devices - Rare species and location data not up-to-date **Most requested features** - Improved offline access and data syncing - Better integration with eBird - More detailed species information - Customizable lists and reporting - Faster and more reliable performance ## Recent user reviews (10 of 151) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/birdseye-bird-finding-guide/id324168850/reviews.md ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2026-08-24, version 2.6.1* The app doesn’t work anymore and customer service does not respond ### 5/5 — Very Helpful *2026-06-15, version 2.6.1* I really enjoy the App. It has helped me find birds I wouldn’t have without it. It was especially helpful in planning trips - until the “Browse By Location” stopped being updated about a month ago. I really used that function a lot. I hope it is fixed soon. Glad to see it back on line!! I use it a lot. ### 4/5 — Pretty Women *2026-06-12, version 2.6.1* I like the app. I use iBird to help identify birds, and BirdsEye to help find birds wherever I am. The problems I’m having with BirdsEye is that the sightings don’t load, or they take forever to load. And then when downloading the paid bird packages, it makes me download at least twice. If the developers could keep the app up to date and running better, that would help. It’s actually a very functional and greatly useful app. I do love it, but it doesn’t seem to love me. Such is life with pretty girls and fancy apps. ### 5/5 — Doesn’t work anymore *2026-06-11, version 2.6.1* I’ve loved using this app for over a decade now. And found it more useful than the eBird and Audubon apps. But lately, I can’t sync my eBird list, and the rare bird alerts don’t load. Not sure what has changed or if this app still has support and development. ### 1/5 — Stopped working properly *2026-06-08, version 2.6.1* I’ve had this app for a long time and noticed it wasn’t loading some of my regional lists. I tried to delete and re-load thinking the issue was on my end and now I can’t get it to work at all. I paid for another year subscription back in Feb and based on other reviews it sounds like I might just be out on that cost. ### 1/5 — No Updates for Weeks *2026-06-02, version 2.6.1* I’m so disappointed. I’ve loved this app for years. Since May 8th, there have been no updates. This is prime birding time. It’s been almost a month. I’ve emailed support several times with no response. ### 1/5 — Used to be fantastic *2026-05-24, version 2.6.1* Birdeye used to be amazing, but now it’s stopped working and no one from there will respond. No info at all! ### 1/5 — App no longer updated *2026-03-11, version 2.6.1* The app used to be amazing, but is no longer updated. For instance, my last checklist I submitted to eBird had 32 species on it and this app only picked up 26 of them. My life list is also incorrect. You cannot rely on recent info/#’s. Doubt “All” is still correct. ### 3/5 — Could be great but instead just ok. *2026-02-27, version 2.6.1* The premise is great especially for traveling to other places to find target species. I used this for Costa Rica and it was helpful to see what lifers had been reported in various hotspots that I was visiting. It worked pretty well for that. Unfortunately, the developers are no longer updating this app. Recent species renames and splits have not been updated. It was a bit clunky and required internet access to work. I had a free trial for a month and used it a bit when I was in CR but ultimately I did not think it was worth $5 a month so I cancelled after the free trial. The price is way too high for an app that isn’t being regularly upgraded/fixed. Shame. ### 5/5 — Overall Love, Sometimes Frustration *2025-08-02, version 2.6.1* Overall I love the app, but there are some glitches, and a little room for improvement. Glitch: about 10% of the time, I open a species search and everything is grayed out, forcing me to select the membership I already have, then back out and start over for it to work. Improvement: too many of the species have a lot of redundant pictures. It needs to diversify top, bottom, and variation within species. It does this for most, but there are too many it does not. I don’t need to look at 12 pictures where 8 are virtually identical. Overall, I love this app enough to want it to improve. ## Frequently asked questions about BirdsEye Bird Finding Guide ### What does the BirdsEye Bird Finding Guide app do? This app is a comprehensive tool for birders to discover birds in their vicinity and locate specific species they wish to see. It provides detailed photographs and information on birds, with features like instant bird lists based on recent sightings and seasonal abundance. ### What are the key features of BirdsEye? Key features include instant customized bird lists based on your location, seasonal abundance data, driving directions to birding hotspots, the ability to sync life lists with eBird, trip planning tools, access to bird sound packages, and rare bird alerts. ### How much does BirdsEye cost? The app offers a free version that allows users to explore common birds nearby and learn about likely species. Certain premium features, such as access to all countable species worldwide, more rare bird checklists, and offline content, require paid regional or world memberships. ### Is BirdsEye available for offline use? Yes, downloading content for offline use is a premium feature that requires a regional or world membership. This allows you to access bird information and features even without an internet connection. ### Who would benefit from using BirdsEye? BirdsEye is ideal for birders of any experience level, from beginners to intermediates, as well as naturalists and educators. It helps users increase their life lists, plan birding trips, and learn more about the avian species around them. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 2.6.1 — 2020-05-07 This version includes bugs fixes and performance improvements. Happy birding! ### 2.6 — 2020-03-23 We have made some improvements and added a few new features! - The app is properly formatted for efficiency across all device sizes. - We fixed bugs causing issues for users when browsing locations and when linking to our other birding apps, such as the Hotspots app. - Every species list now includes the Smart Search feature. This feature aids in quick bird identification when in the field. To use this feature, tap the magnifying glass icon (with a '+') in the top right corner of a species list page. For users familiar with these pages, this icon has taken the place of the filter icon-- the filter icon is now located in the bottom corner of the species list pages. - Based on a request from a several users, you can now download your life list on to your mobile device! Visit your life list page and tap the download icon in the top right corner. As always we would love to hear your feedback. Contact us at support@getbirdseye.com Happy birding! - The BirdsEye Team ### 2.5 — 2017-12-04 Here is a new release just in time for your holiday birding! We’re pleased to announce a new release with a key improvement to BirdsEye - more robust offline content. The newest release of BirdsEye provides for better offline experience by making the offline data - photos and text - available for a longer period of time. The old version cleared the data after a period of time, and unfortunately this may have coincided with the time you needed oo be offline most - when traveling to a remote location without good internet. You don’t have to worry about that, your offline data will stick around. Thanks for all the great reviews and support this year, we have a lot of exciting things planned for 2017 and hope you'll keep giving us feedback about how we can make BirdsEye the best bird finding app in the world! # The Details for the 2.5 update • more robust offline use capabilities • iOS 11 formatting supported. • general bug fixes and improvements If you feel generous or have a couple of minutes, please take some time to leave a rating and review on the App Store. It makes a huge difference to us. Thank you so very much. We love hearing from you! Get in touch with us at support@getbirdseye.com, @birdseyebirding on Twitter, and facebook.com/birdseye.nature.apps. ### 2.4.1 — 2015-12-20 Good news, we've fixed some bugs just in time for your holiday birding! Thanks for all the great reviews and support this year, we have a lot of exciting things planned for 2016 and hope you'll keep giving us feedback about how we can make BirdsEye the best bird finding app in the world! # The Details for the 2.4.1 update • Christmas Bird Count pins now default to showing sightings just within the 7.5 mile radius circle of the count. • Smart Search reliability tweaks If you feel generous or have a couple of minutes, please take some time to leave a rating and review on the App Store. It makes a huge difference to us. Thank you so very much. We love hearing from you! Get in touch with us at support@getbirdseye.com, @birdseyebirding on Twitter, and facebook.com/birdseye.nature.apps. ### 2.4 — 2015-10-13 • Improvements to maps - Now the full hotspot name is displayed, no matter how long! - slightly smaller pins for a cleaner look, especially when you zoom out. Ratings are reset in the App Store after each update. If you feel generous or have a couple of minutes, please take some time to leave a rating and review on the App Store. It makes a huge difference to us. 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