Birds of Brazil

Birds of Brazil

By NatureGuides Ltd.

  • Category: Reference
  • Release Date: 2011-04-03
  • Current Version: 2.0.7
  • Adult Rating: 4+
  • File Size: 676.46 MB
  • Developer: NatureGuides Ltd.
  • Compatibility: Android, iOS 9.3
Score: 2.33333
2.33333
From 9 Ratings

Description

Based on Ber van Perlo's ‘Field Guide to the Birds of Brazil’, this app covers over 1,800 species of bird seen in Brazil, including residents, migrants and vagrants. Helpful texts detail size, habitat and description, while informative illustrations show a host of plumages for each species, including subspecific variation. Distribution maps and stunning still photographs further enhance the app, and songs and calls of over 1,200 species complete the package. The result is a must-have app for anybody birding in Brazil. FEATURES: • all content stored on the device, so no need to have phone signal or be connected to wi-fi • species names in English, Portuguese and scientific • illustrations, text and maps for over 1,800 species • over 1,200 songs and calls • superb still photographs for many species • includes full introductory text from ‘Field Guide to Birds of Brazil’ • search by species name in English, Portuguese or scientific • organise bird names in taxonomic order or alphabetically • quickly close the species list by pinching on the list • favourite species feature • swipe up/down on illustrations to seamlessly move between species

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Reviews

  • Needs a way to download sightings

    3
    By PeterBrazil2020
    This was a great app during a recent trip to brazil. Much easier to deal with than the book, which I also have. but I was sorry to see after getting home that you cannot download your sightings... ie your ‘favorites’. This would be so much better if you could record details of species etc in the field and download it

  • Perfect companion to the book

    5
    By ippnap
    I’ve used this app on several trips to Brazil and have found it extremely helpful. When I am in Brazil I use this app every day. Love the enhancement of songs and photographs. Also the coverage of the entire country is great. Since I live in North America, many species that I see in different parts of Brazil are new to me, and this app in combination with printed field guides enables me to have a great chance of getting an identification of a new bird. I’ve used it on at least 5 visits to such varied locations as Belo Horizonte and the coastal range in Minas Gerais; Brasilia and the Capitol region; Cuiabá and Chapada dos Guimarães National Park; Rio and environs; Goiás state; and the Xingu region of Mato Grosso. Highly recommended.

  • Don’t waste your money!

    1
    By Boghen2
    Used this app to record my bird sightings in Brazil. Three days into the trip the app disappeared. When I downloaded it again all my sightings were gone. Totally useless app.

  • Crashes at opening

    1
    By tony5/11
    Just downloaded V2.0.3 and it crashes at the opening page.

  • Update

    1
    By Catburn56
    This app was working fine on my iPad. It started crashing today and I found the update. Turned iPad off, updated and it is still crashing after the credits page shows up. I'm leaving for Brazil today. Can you help me?

  • Terrible update

    1
    By RicaM.
    After this last update the app stop working on landscape mode on the IPhone 6 plus if you mark a lot of birds the app quits. I wish I could go back to the previous version.

  • Disappointed

    2
    By Shy Albatross
    No where is it mentioned that you have to have internet connection to use this app. This is not the case with other efield guides. In Brazil, I am frequently out of range so the app is not very useful. Will still have to carry the book so would have passed on the app had I known its limitations.

  • Nice idea but lacks functionality

    2
    By PanBirder
    Although comprehensive in its scope, this guide has several aspects that must be improved in future updates. The "drawings" are awful in most instances and the text descriptions are lacking any of the detail expected in a serious bird guide. The maps are sometimes hard to decipher also. From a functional point of view the search function does not have a back button meaning that one has to exit the app to reset the full list of species. A further annoyance is that the list itself is very hard to manage with high level groupings constantly opening when trying to scroll up or down. This app is a great start but I would consider it very much a beta version or less of something that could truly be a valuable tool in the field.

  • OK

    3
    By Pcc68
    Not a bad app, but I wish it had more photos and better drawings. My main criticism though is that the song/call feature doesn't seem to work.

  • Kleber de Burgos

    3
    By Kburgos
    The Bird of Brazil (Vs. 1.0. for iPhone iOS 5.1.1.) is a good product and will certainly be of a good help in field, not to mention it's the first and most complete of its kind for iPhone/iPad. The ability to choose from English to Brazilian Portuguese, including names according the Brazilian Ornithological Records Committee (CBRO) are amongst its best features. Nonetheless, it does present some downsides: does not offer song (vocalization) files for a huge number of species (mandatory specially for song birds), and some photographs are really bad (even out of focus). A good example is the Yellow-faced Siskin (Carduelis yarellii), perched on an exotic coniferous tree, shown completely out of focus. I found this very annoying throughout the guide. For some photographs were made outside Brazil, you'll find birds out of their environmental contexts. Yet, if you plan to use this guide also as your checklist, bear in mind it does not offer ways to store data on your lifers (like places, etc.), for this purpose you'll find a single star-shaped icon that can only be set on or off.

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