If you have a modern Android Smartphone and would like to download my WorldBirds app, this page explains how you can do it.
What is it?
A list of all the birds of the world based on the latest AviList (previously IOC) taxonomy. There are currently 11,131 species, 46 orders, 252 families, 3,376 genus and 19,879 subspecies – 2025 release. There are checklists for 277 countries/regions, and it has facilities for you to log bird sightings with the GPS location on Google maps, with statistics and export of your sightings for later reference. It is completely free and there are no adverts or malware. To identify birds, there are links to external references sources for every species, and to help you when you are offline, a set of photos and bird calls can be stored on the phone (you can add your own).
Phone Requirements
- Android version 11 or later (preferably v13 or v14).
(There is no Apple iOS version and there never will be). - A Windows PC and internet connection to download and install from Google drive. This application is not available from the Google store. Installation is a manual process, but full documentation and video tutorials are provided.
- You need to know how to use Windows Explorer to copy files, be able to unzip files, and be able to do a manual install of the Android apk file on your phone (refer to the tutorial video).
- You must allow permission to access device storage, and also the GPS location setting when running the application.
- It requires about 1.5 GB of storage space on your phone if all the photos and bird calls are installed.
Key Features
- Complete list of all bird species in the world as per AviList (IOC) taxonomy
- Checklists for 277 countries/regions
- Links to species information in eBird, Birds of the World, Wikipedia, Xeno-Canto, Avibase, DI Bird and NZ Birds Online (NZ only)
- Logging of personal sightings with date, time, location and GPS co-ordinates. The mySightings log file can be exported and edited with Excel.
- Display GPS locations with Google maps
- One or more photos for all bird species (you can add your own, there are over 13,000 photos)
- Bird calls (from Xeno-canto) for about 1,600 species (you can add your own)
- Lifelist and Statistics – can export the lifelist file
Documentation
These PDF files are also available on the download site:
Tutorial Videos
Click on the links below to view the video’s on YouTube. Each one is about 20 minutes in length.
-
- Introduction to the WorldBirds app and general usage of main features
- Installation guide
- Advanced features
Download site
Access the download site here:
This has all the installation files along with detailed instructions and user documentation as PDF files. Please either read the PDF installation guide, or watch the installation tutorial video.
Updates
I will post updates to the download site semi-regularly. AviList updates are released annually. If you find a bug in the software when using it, please let me know.
Screenshots
NZ Birding 