Roberts Birds
Roberts Birds
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Roberts Birds

Equip your safari with the most comprehensive field guide. Explore 10,000+ illustrations and 2,200+ bird calls with award-winning ID tools and full offline access—the essential companion for every serious birder and explorer.

Key Figures

Downloads

8K+

User Rating

1.7/5

Total Ratings

100

Publisher

High Branching cc

Category

Reference

Locales

1

Latest Version

2.5

Size

1.7 GB

First Released

Dec 6, 2024
Features

The Definitive Field Guide for Your South African Safari

Master Southern African ornithology with the gold standard of birding apps, designed for serious enthusiasts who demand scientific accuracy and 100% offline reliability.

Smart Location Filtering

Instantly narrow down species by your GPS coordinates or select from 1,200+ South African reserves for pinpoint identification accuracy.

AI-Powered Recognition

Identify birds from your camera or gallery using high-precision image recognition calibrated for the region's unique species and variants.

The following screenshots and description are sourced directly from the app's official store listing and are the property of the app developer.

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Screenshots

Roberts Birds - Main menu of the Roberts Birds of Southern Africa app featuring a bird of prey illustration and navigation icons for identification and field guide

Main menu of the Roberts Birds of Southern Africa app featuring a bird of prey illustration and navigation icons for identification and field guide

Roberts Birds - Alphabetical list of South African bird species with illustrations and names

Alphabetical list of South African bird species with illustrations and names

Roberts Birds - Bird family groups in the Roberts Birds app featuring eagles warblers and larks illustrations

Bird family groups in the Roberts Birds app featuring eagles warblers and larks illustrations

Roberts Birds - A list of bird species in the Roberts Birds app sorted by taxonomical order featuring illustrations of the Common Ostrich and Whistling Ducks.

A list of bird species in the Roberts Birds app sorted by taxonomical order featuring illustrations of the Common Ostrich and Whistling Ducks.

Roberts Birds - A screenshot of the Roberts Birds app showing a list of bird sightings including the Abdims Stork and Acacia Pied Barbet with illustrations and names.

A screenshot of the Roberts Birds app showing a list of bird sightings including the Abdims Stork and Acacia Pied Barbet with illustrations and names.

Roberts Birds - Settings screen of the Roberts Birds app showing options for bird list, language selection, and taxonomy sort order.

Settings screen of the Roberts Birds app showing options for bird list, language selection, and taxonomy sort order.

Roberts Birds - Location selection menu in the Roberts Birds app showing options for current location, map, and game reserves

Location selection menu in the Roberts Birds app showing options for current location, map, and game reserves

Roberts Birds - ID search screen in the Roberts Birds app showing habitat filters for bird identification in South Africa

ID search screen in the Roberts Birds app showing habitat filters for bird identification in South Africa

Roberts Birds - Roberts Birds app field guide screen with detailed illustrations of South African stork species

Roberts Birds app field guide screen with detailed illustrations of South African stork species

Description

Roberts Birds is the most comprehensive bird app of South Africa. After downloading the App you have to buy a mandatory Core Version yearly subscription for the app to function. The Core version subscription does not include the image recognition which is an additional yearly subscription. https://www.smartsearchsightings.com/roberts.htm It boasts an award winning identification tool and has a vast source of information: - Over 10000 beautiful and diagnostic illustrations and images of all variants, e.g. immature, males, females, dark and light morphs - Over 2200 comprehensive and clear bird calls - Over 700 comparative plates - The most comprehensive information on southern African birds - Interactive and accurate bird distribution maps, showing the migration patterns per month where applicable. The ID Search function allows you to select your current, or any other location and the birds at that location will be filtered. Over and above the GPS location, you can search by shape, type, colours, size, where seen, bird calls and more. There are 100's of attributes you can choose from, which makes identifying a bird accurate and easy. As a first ever bird app achievement, the resulting bird list is sorted by relevance with the most probable birds matching your search criteria at the top, which makes it extremely quick and accurate. The ability to remove birds from the results is a game-changer. It even has a section for hard to identify birds (LBJ's, etc) In addition to the ID Search function, Roberts Birds contains the most accurate Image Recognition for South African birds. You can upload images from your device or take a photo with the device's camera, which will then be used for the Image Recognition. This function has a 2-week evaluation period. Roberts Birds also offers the most accurate location filter available. You can select current location, location from a map, a country or any of over 1200 South African reserves. You can also log your sightings with trip descriptions, date and notes, which are then indicated as pins on the distribution maps. Sightings lists can be viewed and can even be synced to a website and shared between devices. Roberts Birds also offers a Similars functionality. It not only ranks the similars, it also gives preference to your location selection. When using a location filter, similars at that location will be ranked higher and similars outside of your selected location will be displayed last. No internet connectivity is required to operate the app after it is installed which makes it possible to use the app in the most remote locations. All updates are regular and free. For instructions of how to access older versions of the Roberts apps, please contact support@robertsbirds.co.za

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