Birds of Africa play online

About this App

Birds of Africa is an identification guide which in time will cover all the birds and countries in Africa. This version includes more than 1,800 species and has all West African and 8 East African countries. It was developed as an aid to conservation and is an asset of The African Bird Club.


Key Features

Free for anyone to play online anywhere in the world
Comprehensive and Lite country species lists
5000 full-screen, pinch-zoom photos showing male/female/juvenile/non-breeding plumages
Bird calls for more then 1700 species
Extensive texts including for the different subspecies
Range maps in colour show residency, summer and winter visitors and migration in Africa
Worldwide species' ranges on Google map
In/out of range indicator and distance (km) to the nearest point of species' range from current position
GPS recording of personal sightings
Personal sightings shown on Google maps
Community sightings from other app users shown on Google maps
Similar species' options help identification of difficult species
Back-up and retrieval of personal sightings logged on the Cloud
Personal checklists displayed as a list or on Google maps
Species' lists can be viewed in alphabetic or taxonomic sequence
Vagrants can be highlighted or removed from a checklist
Species' names available in 10 different languages
Intuitive operation with Help text if required
Regular content updates
Messaging service

Technical

Requires access to good Wifi connections.

African Bird Club

The African Bird Club https://africanbirdclub.org is a UK registered charity dedicated to education, communication and conservation relating to Africa's birds.