“Who's singing? Merlin Bird ID can tell you”
“Discover species near you”
“Identify singing birds”
“Step-by-step ID guidance”
“Automatic Photo ID”
“Information on 10,000+ species”
A closer look at the screenshots
The opening asks about birdsong before showing the interface.
A close-up photograph shows a singing Common Yellowthroat.
The Sound ID result identifies the bird introduced in the previous photograph.
A nearby-species list includes seasonality bars.
A spectrogram is paired with an Osprey match.
Two phones show successive size and color questions.
A Scarlet Tanager photograph appears within a crop guide.
A range map and species card accompany the species count.
About this app
What's that bird? Ask Merlin—the world’s leading app for birds. Just like magic, Merlin Bird ID will help you solve the mystery. Merlin Bird ID helps you identify birds you see and hear. Merlin is unlike any other bird app—it's powered by eBird, the world’s largest database of bird sightings, sounds, and photos. Merlin offers four fun ways to identify birds. Answer a few simple questions, upload a photo, record a singing bird, or explore birds in a region. Whether you’re curious about a bird you’ve seen once or you’re hoping to identify every bird you can find, the answers are waiting for you with this free app from the renowned Cornell Lab of Ornithology. WHY YOU’LL LOVE MERLIN • Expert ID tips, range maps, photos, and sounds help you learn about the birds you spot and build birding skills. • Discover a new bird species each day with your own personalized Bird of the Day • Get customized lists of birds you can find where you live or travel - anywhere in the world! • Keep track of your sightings—build your personal list of the birds you find MACHINE LEARNING MAGIC • Powered by Visipedia, Merlin Sound ID and Photo ID uses machine learning to identify birds in photos and sounds. Merlin learns to recognize bird species based on training sets of millions of photos and sounds collected by birders at eBird.org, archived in the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. • Merlin delivers the most accurate results thanks to experienced birders, who curate and annotate sightings, photos, and sounds, who are the true magic behind Merlin. AMAZING CONTENT • Merlin has bird photos, songs, and calls, and identification help for anywhere in the world, including Mexico, Costa Rica, South America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, India, Australia, Korea, Japan, China, and more. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s mission is to interpret and conserve the Earth’s biological diversity through research, education, and citizen science focused on birds and nature. We are able to offer Merlin for free thanks to the generosity of Cornell Lab members, supporters, and citizen-science contributors.
Headlines in this set
8 screenshots · 6 with a headline
“Who's singing? Merlin Bird ID can tell you”
The question starts with curiosity and names Merlin as the answer source.
“Discover species near you”
Near you makes species discovery local.
“Identify singing birds”
Singing birds specifies identification through sound.
“Step-by-step ID guidance”
Step-by-step guidance explains the assisted identification method.
“Automatic Photo ID”
Automatic Photo ID names image-based recognition.
“Information on 10,000+ species”
10,000+ quantifies the reference coverage.
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