List Price: $19.99
iBird Explorer Plus was the first birding app that Apple featured in its television commercial “We have an app for that”. Designed for the experienced birder, it is similar to Pro except that it does not have as many search attributes. It offers comprehensive identification, behavior, habitat and ecology information, hand-drawn illustrations, professional photographs, range maps, and playable calls for 924 North American and Hawaiian bird species.
Notable Features of all versions:
- Location search has two attributes: Common for the most popular species in a state and Uncommon for rare and state listed birds.
- Attributes are grouped into basic, head and flight related area.
- 14 new search attributes including search by patterns, length, wingspan.
- Updated state and province bird lists using official references.
- Shake your device to automatically play a random bird song.
- Taxonomic and Alphabetical family sort options on Browse screen.
- Best of the birding apps ★★★★★ Fantastic app for the amateur or more serious birder. The search functions really set it apart from the others. -Mhwillis
- Stunning and Comprehensive! ★★★★★ This app has everything to start becoming an amateur ornithological enthusiast. My favorite parts are the beautiful photos and amazing song samples! -Paukeman88
- Like birds? Get this app! ★★★★★ I’m no birder, but we have some backyard feeders and enjoy watching birds. This is a great app for that, and for traveling and looking up new birds. -DrAIAIDr
- Great birding app ★★★★★ I use this app to study for a birding trip and use it on the field to identify birds. The information and photos are excellent and I like the ability to add my life birds to my favorites list. -charriJubilee
- Love this app-I use it all the time when birding on my own or educating others ★★★★★ Worth the cost-complete coverage of North American birds without the weight of a field guide-and includes the calls! -Lucy R.M.
- Still a great app ★★★★★ Continues to be my favorite bird reference app on the AppStore. -Tribadism
- Amazing mobile bird reference ★★★★★ If you have any interest in birdwatching especially as a beginner this is a valuable reference to have on you all the time-my only regret has been that it only covers North America-would love to have a single worldwide app-and one like this for plants and insects and fish when traveling around the globe. -Jeff Harris
- I bird is worth it!!! ★★★★★ Fantastic. Love the sound option! -TSueRod
- Great!! ★★★★★ I use it where ever I go. Love it! -Beginsod
- Great bird app ★★★★★ This is a great bird app-much easier to carry than a heavy book! Full of photos and info and multiple ways to search for a bird. -Mattatpsu
- Awesome ★★★★★ I really like this app. It’s easy to use and has loads of info along with good pics! -Cody st clair
- New to birding ★★★★★ This is a great app and has helped me get started on my big year adventure! A must for any birder, new or experienced. -Robert Bauman
- All I could ask for ★★★★★ Sure it’s not a birding encyclopedia, but in some ways it’s even better. The iPhone version is always with me, and the iPad version is glorious. If you like birds you need this app. -GonzoCubFan