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Kingfisher Birding

BirdScribe · Free app

Eyes up, birds in.

Click your mic and say what you see. Species, count, place and time, ready for export to eBird or your favourite birding app.

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Free · No account · Works offline · Built by your Kingfisher guides

How a walk goes

Less time looking at a phone. More time looking at birds.

  1. Step 1

    See the bird

    Binoculars up. Nothing to open, nothing to type.

  2. Step 2

    Say it

    Click your mic and say what you saw, as you would to a companion. A card appears with the species suggestion, the count and the GPS pin. Confirm it, or change anything first.

  3. Step 3

    Keep birding

    Pocket Mode keeps the phone ready, and the mic button on your earphone cord starts the next recording.

  4. Step 4

    Export to the app you use

    Review the cards and export your list, ready to import into eBird or the birding app you already use. You do the import yourself.

Hands-free

Your ears stay on the birds

Birders listen as much as they look, so BirdScribe never asks you to block your ears. You don't wear anything in them. The mic button does the work.

  • Earphones round your neck

    Leave them hanging, not in your ears. Click the mic button on the cord and say what you see.

  • Feel the buzz

    Your phone vibrates so you know the sighting went through. No need to look down and check.

  • Phone stays in your pocket

    Pocket Mode keeps it ready and ignores stray touches. Binoculars up the whole walk.

What's on every card

The notebook that listens

Every bird you say becomes a card like this one. Here's what each part does.

  1. Auto-logged

    Speak and it's recorded, hands-free.

  2. Voice playbackThe big one

    Every sighting keeps your own voice. Play it back later to check the count, the call or the 'was that a female?' before you confirm the bird.

  3. Heard only

    Heard it but didn't see it? Record a sound bite and BirdScribe suggests the species. It's logged as heard, to suit your eBird or other app.

  4. Time and place

    Stamped by GPS.

  5. Map

    Every sighting pinned where it happened.

Then export to eBird or your favourite birding app. You have the final say on every bird.

Free

No subscription and no trial that runs out. Built by working bird guides and given away.

No account

Install it and start. No sign-up, no email, no password.

Works offline

Logging doesn't need a signal. It works offline, anywhere in the world.

BirdScribe is not affiliated with eBird or any other birding app. It never connects to your accounts; you import the exported file yourself.

Kingfisher Birding

Bird with the guides who built it

BirdScribe comes from the field. So do we. Tours from Cairns on your dates. You book the guiding and vehicle for the day.

Day tour

A full day across rainforest, tablelands and coast with a local guide, door to door.

Book your day

Multi-day expedition

Three to eight days shaped around your target birds, including the Wet Tropics endemics.

Plan an expedition

Questions

Does it cost anything?
No. BirdScribe is free, with no subscription and no trial that runs out.
Do I need an account?
No. Install it and start. Your trips, recordings and notes stay on your phone.
Does it work without a signal?
Yes. It works offline, anywhere in the world without a signal.
Do I need earbuds in my ears?
No. Keep your earphones round your neck and click the mic button. Your ears stay free for calls and song.
How do I know it heard me?
Your phone vibrates when a sighting goes through. Later, you can play back exactly what you said.
Can I use it with eBird or another app?
Yes. Export your list when the walk is done and import it into eBird or the birding app you already use. BirdScribe never connects to your accounts.
Who makes it?
The guides at Kingfisher Birding in the Wet Tropics of Australia, led by Clayton Smith, 25 years guiding.

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