Costa Rica Birds

There are so many more things that need to be done to make it more user friendly and easier to find the bird you are looking for that I don’t think it’s worth the money. I am currently in Costa Rica and gave up using this app within a few days and downloaded the Merlin Bird app with the Costa Rica bird pack and this has been my go to app for bird iD in the field. To top it off the Merlin bird app is free, easier to use and can be used off line.

Without this app I would’ve had no idea what I was looking at here in Costa Rica. And the very fact that you can listen to the calls gives you the ability to double confirm what you have seen. Or simply confirm what you have heard! This is a great app. Highly recommended

Downloaded this app in Costa Rica, hoping it would help us identify birds. It has certainly done that and it is also great for keeping record of species seen/heard. It would get 5 stars if it connected to GPS. Some species are not included either (only 2 species of tinamou, not 5).

This app was invaluable on our trip to CR. In fact I put it on my smartphone as well. A great deal of thought has gone into the planning. All the birds have photographic images and many have several images showing females and juveniles as well as the adult male birds. There sound files for many of the species, which is really good. You can add your own notes on individual birds and also log your sightings as seen or heard or both. This info then shows up on the initial bird list. As long as you enter your sightings on the day you see the bird you are OK, but I found problems as I often entered mine late and had difficulty with backdating the sightings. Also I was not sure if I was on local time or the time back home when I installed the app. It also had a great filter device where colour size and habitat could all be entered to narrow down the field, some times too much but still very useful. I think the guys at Birding Field Guides have done a great job. Could I put in a request for another app for the Birds of Peru? Thanks

This Costa Rica app was one of the best we have ever used, having tried not only North American bird apps like iBird Pro and Sibleys, but also Collins for Europe and other apps. It was extremely easy to use, quickly recording species seen (or heard) and any extra notes. The range maps and natural history information were also very helpful, as was the ability to sort by common name, groups of birds, etc. One of the nicest features is having the ability to export a CSV file with the list of birds seen or even better, the Notes file which includes scientific names, notes, family, GPS coordinates etc. We brought along the paper field guide as well, but most days we were happy just to have our phones with the app and look at the book later. Highly recommended!

I was surprised to see low ratings for this app, then noticed most were 7-9 years old! It has been updated many times since it’s release and is now, late 2023 an excellent app for birding in Costa Rica. To be clear you will not find a serious birder in Costa Rica without this APP!

You get exactly what you expect from people from Panama creating a book for another country. The range maps are god awful. They could of spent a little time im trying to make them even a little accurate. How about actually adding a rare color to the maps instead of telling us bare faced ibis residents. So many of these inaccuracies. For people that boast on their photos. You would think there would be more. Or actually good Ones. So many talented photographers could of been used in submissions. The audio is basically the worst. No consistency what so ever. If you are just an average birder or non birder. This online book will barely get you by. They could of done so much more with this. Or spent time creating it. Also never updates species. Lots of wrong names and merges that will likely never get changed. I give it 2 stars cause it’s adaquate as a list for the country. It pretty much ends there

Unable to return to the main menu. It is stuck on the email section!

Bug fixed; I’m a happy camper. Looking forward to further enhancements.

This app is great, much easier than carrying a book and shuffling through the pages. There is a filter function that allows you to search for birds by characteristics like colors and size. Finding the birds like that is really easy without knowing their names. I also like the ability to mark them as seen and heard. Then you can go and filter by marked as seen and you get a list with the species that you have observed. Great work.