Download from AppStore
$3.99
iPhone / iPad
Genres:
  • Travel
  • Reference
App profile

Subscribe to our newsletter:

Follow us on Flipboard
Flipboard

Peterson Birds Pocket Edition app review: A Field Guide to Birds of North America

Reviews

Introduction

Designed by the famous Appweavers, Inc., Peterson Birds Pocket Edition - A Field Guide to Birds of North America will facilitate the speedy identification of avian creatures directly from your iPhone or iPad!

With a powerful and efficient identification tool known as Roger Tory Peterson's ID system, illustrations, a comprehensive display of birds that look alike, and several bird songs, this app will give you the best bang for your buck whether you're an avid bird-watcher, or simply curious about the little yellow bird who sings in your backyard everyday.

Recently hiked up by a dollar, Peterson Birds Pocket Edition now costs $1.99, which shows just how popular this app became at its original $0.99 pricing.

The best iPhone apps for great outdoors-2021

Peterson Birds Pocket Edition - A Field Guide to Birds of North America

$3.99

Compare Similar-Looking Birds!

Peterson Birds Pocket Edition - A Field Guide to Birds of North America contains over 800 species of birds from the North American continent from the award-winning book, with information for each species such as pretty and detailed illustrations, range maps, species details, and bird songs. All of this is easily portable no matter where you go!

The most unique feature of this app, that sets it apart from all the other bird-watching apps, is that you have the ability to compare similar looking birds on the iPhone or iPad screen by sight, song, and location. It's optimized for iPhone 5 and looks even better on the iPad and iPad mini as it allows you to compare birds on a bigger screen.

 

The best iPhone apps for great outdoors-2021

ID Birds Using Illustrations And Bird Songs

To ID birds you can swipe through pages of Roger Tory Peterson's highly detailed and professionally put together illustrations. If you're looking for information on a particular bird, you can use the search function, or go through the alphabetical index.

Peterson Birds Pocket Edition - A Field Guide to Birds of North America also contains a brilliant QuickFind index to help you quickly identify the bird before it flies away. Once you have identified the bird, you can add it to the Life List, which will help you recall which birds you have seen throughout your time using this app.

The database of bird songs is provided by the Cornell Lab or Ornithology's Macaulay Library, letting you search alphabetically, by state, date, checklists, and several other options. You can further develop your ability to identify birds using how-to articles, topographical bird illustrations, and American Birding Association's Principles of Birding Ethics.

 

Best iphone and ipad apps

Peterson Birds Pocket Edition - A Field Guide to Birds of North America

$3.99

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Compare similar species by sight, song, and range from one screen
  • Swipe through page after page of Roger Tory Peterson's meticulously organized illustrations, so you can ID birds faster
  • Change the position of toolbar icons to suit left-handed or right-handed use

 

Cons

  • There is nothing negative to say about this app

 

Final Words

Whether you want to identify the little avian beauty that wakes you up with a gentle song, or wish to do some bird-watching on your hike, Peterson Birds Pocket Edition - A Field Guide to Birds of North America is worth the $1.99 to have such a wealth of information and tools right on your iPhone or iPad! Highly recommended.

 

Peterson Birds Pocket Edition - A Field Guide to Birds of North America

$3.99
Share this article:

Neha Sinha

Neha has been writing and editing since 2010 and has been reviewing iOS apps since early 2014. She has lived in four different countries and loves having the world at her fingertips thanks to these awesome apps.