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title: "Bird Codes - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in United States | Apple App Store"
description: "Are you looking for a way to speed up your field notes so you can focus on actually looking at birds? Do you see birders using codes for birds on listservs and want to look them up? Do you want to ent"
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# Bird Codes — United States
> Quick 4-letter code lookup

![Bird Codes App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple128/v4/e1/3f/27/e13f27b0-35af-2015-518e-ffff71fcf8bc/AppIcon-1x_U007emarketing-85-220-0-9.png/434x0w.png)

**Developer:** [James Stuckey Weber](https://apptail.io/developer/james-stuckey-weber-pSbc)
**Category:** Reference
**Rating:** 4.8/5 (97 ratings)
**Price:** Free
**Bundle ID:** com.jamessw.birdcodes
**Store:** Apple App Store
**Country:** United States
**Version:** 2.2 (released 2017-09-26)
**Original Release:** 2012-02-11
**Languages:** English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Spanish

**App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/app/id500496362)
**AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/bird-codes-NSyc/united-states](https://apptail.io/app/bird-codes-NSyc/united-states)

## Bird Codes Description
Are you looking for a way to speed up your field notes so you can focus on actually looking at birds? Do you see birders using codes for birds on listservs and want to look them up? Do you want to enter your eBird checklists faster?

Alpha codes are four letter abbreviations assigned to bird species as a quick way to refer to them. These codes are commonly used in field notes to quickly record sightings and other situations where writing down the entire species name is impractical. This app allows you to search and learn the alpha codes created using the Pyle and DeSante (2003) system which defines alpha codes for all 2078 species recorded in the AOU (American Ornithologists’ Union) area. You can quickly search by either the birds name or by the alpha code.

## Bird Codes Screenshots
- [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple128/v4/40/31/a2/4031a2a5-c761-0137-cdb1-3c12875e63d6/pr_source.png/2048x2732.png)
- [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple128/v4/03/6c/c0/036cc023-2c64-5692-5ef7-d719e6bfd256/pr_source.png/2048x2732.png)

## Bird Codes Rating Breakdown in United States
- 5 stars: 85 (88%)
- 4 stars: 8 (8%)
- 3 stars: 2 (2%)
- 2 stars: 2 (2%)
- 1 stars: 0 (0%)

## Bird Codes Reviews in United States

### ***-- "UPDATE THIS APP"
This app has not been updated for 6 years. There have been numerous taxonomic splits, lumps, & renames in that time & this app is woefully behind the times. If it was regularly updated, I would give it 5 stars. As it is right now, it’s a 3.
-- CalBirdGuy, 2023-11-03

### ***** "Love this app!"
Perfect--just what I needed to find these codes. I refer to it often.
-- CNS515, 2023-04-14

### ****- "Terrific app, needs taxonomic update"
I rely on this app (ver. 2.2) as the quickest way to search for band codes and proper scientific names but it is out-of-date. It could benefit from adding new US birds (accepted vagrants) and a taxonomy update, reflecting splits: 
- Western Scrub-Jay to California and Woodhouse’s in 2016;
- Clapper Rail to Clapper and Ridgway’s in 2014;
- genus split for the North American cormorants in 2021.
- et al.
-- AutreVie, 2022-03-29

### ***** "It’s the conflicts I want to know"
CEWA was my first.  More recently NOSH surprised me.  So many wrens it was bound to happen, so we skip CAWR.  It takes time ( maybe many years) to encounter them.

So it would be nice if the app displayed species in conflict when you enter a guess that’s not a legitimate code.
-- birdrr, 2022-03-23

### ***** "Functional"
No bells and whistles. Just exactly what you need to confirm a banding code.
-- VZPIPL, 2021-09-25

### **--- "Never updated"
Names and codes need to be updated regularly. These are not, so it’s useless.
-- Girl&GordonSetter, 2020-07-14

### ***** "Easy Banding codes / 4 letter codes"
Next time you want to make sure you’re not crazy, that there isn’t anything normally called a YHBB or a CEWA, you can check here instantly. One thing well.
-- -CHE-, 2017-09-27

### ***** "Pleasantly surprised"
There really is an app for everything..
-- MikeyB9006, 2017-05-06

### ***** "Please update..."
Great app, please update for larger screen.
-- FOWLR, 2015-05-26

### ***** "Does the job without much fuss"
Especially good for people who make up codes when posting their sightings.  Using codes is controversial, but if you are going to do it you should use the correct code. Not all of them are obvious because of duplications.
-- avocet32, 2015-01-01

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## Bird Codes Discovered Keywords
- bird codes

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## Bird Codes Available In
- [United States](https://apptail.io/app/bird-codes-NSyc/united-states)
- [Canada](https://apptail.io/app/bird-codes-NSyc/canada)
- [Argentina](https://apptail.io/app/bird-codes-NSyc/argentina)
- [Austria](https://apptail.io/app/bird-codes-NSyc/austria)
- [Australia](https://apptail.io/app/bird-codes-NSyc/australia)
- [Azerbaijan](https://apptail.io/app/bird-codes-NSyc/azerbaijan)
- [Belgium](https://apptail.io/app/bird-codes-NSyc/belgium)
- [Brunei](https://apptail.io/app/bird-codes-NSyc/brunei)
- [Brazil](https://apptail.io/app/bird-codes-NSyc/brazil)
- [Belarus](https://apptail.io/app/bird-codes-NSyc/belarus)
- [Switzerland](https://apptail.io/app/bird-codes-NSyc/switzerland)
- [Chile](https://apptail.io/app/bird-codes-NSyc/chile)
- [China](https://apptail.io/app/bird-codes-NSyc/china)
- [Colombia](https://apptail.io/app/bird-codes-NSyc/colombia)
- [Czechia](https://apptail.io/app/bird-codes-NSyc/czechia)
- [Germany](https://apptail.io/app/bird-codes-NSyc/germany)
- [Denmark](https://apptail.io/app/bird-codes-NSyc/denmark)
- [Dominican Republic](https://apptail.io/app/bird-codes-NSyc/dominican-republic)
- [Algeria](https://apptail.io/app/bird-codes-NSyc/algeria)
- [Ecuador](https://apptail.io/app/bird-codes-NSyc/ecuador)
- [Egypt](https://apptail.io/app/bird-codes-NSyc/egypt)
- [Spain](https://apptail.io/app/bird-codes-NSyc/spain)
- [Finland](https://apptail.io/app/bird-codes-NSyc/finland)
- [France](https://apptail.io/app/bird-codes-NSyc/france)
- [United Kingdom](https://apptail.io/app/bird-codes-NSyc/united-kingdom)
- [Greece](https://apptail.io/app/bird-codes-NSyc/greece)
- [Hong Kong SAR China](https://apptail.io/app/bird-codes-NSyc/hong-kong)
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- [Israel](https://apptail.io/app/bird-codes-NSyc/israel)
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- [Japan](https://apptail.io/app/bird-codes-NSyc/japan)
- [South Korea](https://apptail.io/app/bird-codes-NSyc/south-korea)
- [Kuwait](https://apptail.io/app/bird-codes-NSyc/kuwait)
- [Kazakhstan](https://apptail.io/app/bird-codes-NSyc/kazakhstan)
- [Lebanon](https://apptail.io/app/bird-codes-NSyc/lebanon)
- [Malta](https://apptail.io/app/bird-codes-NSyc/malta)
- [Mexico](https://apptail.io/app/bird-codes-NSyc/mexico)
- [Malaysia](https://apptail.io/app/bird-codes-NSyc/malaysia)
- [Nigeria](https://apptail.io/app/bird-codes-NSyc/nigeria)
- [Netherlands](https://apptail.io/app/bird-codes-NSyc/netherlands)
- [Norway](https://apptail.io/app/bird-codes-NSyc/norway)
- [Nepal](https://apptail.io/app/bird-codes-NSyc/nepal)
- [New Zealand](https://apptail.io/app/bird-codes-NSyc/new-zealand)
- [Peru](https://apptail.io/app/bird-codes-NSyc/peru)
- [Philippines](https://apptail.io/app/bird-codes-NSyc/philippines)
- [Pakistan](https://apptail.io/app/bird-codes-NSyc/pakistan)
- [Poland](https://apptail.io/app/bird-codes-NSyc/poland)
- [Portugal](https://apptail.io/app/bird-codes-NSyc/portugal)
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