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Merlin
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Merlin offers quick identification help for all levels of bird watchers to help them learn about the birds across the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Oceania.

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  • Birds

Overview  

Merlin Bird ID helps to identify birds, delivering personalized results of birds to expect based on the time of year, location or region, including a digital field guide with more than 80,000 photos and sounds, plus maps, and ID tips. Merlin is the most fully featured and global bird app available, and the only one enabling both sound and photo identification powered by AI. Merlin offers four fun ways to identify birds. It delivers guided bird ID assistance using answers to a few simple questions; photos can be indentified using the “Photo ID” option and “Sound ID” helps to identify bird sounds. The “Explore Birds” function will show you all the birds most likely to be around in an area on that day.

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  •  Free

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Reviews

2 reviews from October 2024 to present

  • Easy to use 2 100%
  • Free to use 2 100%
  • Stable / Reliable 2 100%
  • Beginner friendly 1 50%
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  • 04/11/2024
    Using product 3 - 5 years
    No. of units < 5
    Work context Personal / Hobbyist
    Beginner friendly  /  Easy to use  /  Free to use  /  Stable / Reliable  / 

    The Cornell Lab of Ornithology, with eBird and Merlin, has revolutionized amateur and expert birding. With Merlin, you can download regional packs to explore bird species specific to an area, or use its AI-powered tools to identify birds from your photos or even recognize them by their calls in real time.

     

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  • 20/10/2024
    Using product 1 - 3 years
    Work context Personal / Hobbyist
    Easy to use  /  Free to use  /  Stable / Reliable  / 

    The Merlin app is my first stop for identifying birds from description and sound. I haven't used it as much for identification from photos yet. It's much more convenient than a field guide. I also love the descriptions, photos and recording of each of the species. My only issue with the app is that I haven't figured out how to add a bird to my life list without going through a full identification process. Can we just have a checkbox or something? 

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