Birds of Europe
By ETI BioInformatics
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Description
This e-guide to the birds of Great Britain and Europe is part of a series of mobile systems for identifying species in nature. They were developed as part of the EC KeyToNature project aiming to provide easy access to flora and fauna information.
This app contains:
- Information on 448 species of birds (distribution, habitat, food, etc.)
- 1360 photographs
- The sounds of 435 species
- An interactive key for identifying species
- An alphabetical list of species with a search function
This application is an adapted mobile version of the CD-ROM ‘Birds of Europe’, published by ETI, Netherlands (ISBN 90-75000-98-7). In addition to this e-fauna, other e-guides covering plants, butterflies, fish, reptiles and amphibians are available or in preparation.
Colophon:
Editing: Tekla Boersma and Huub Veldhuijzen van Zanten, Paul Klinkenberg (opening screen).
Programming: Dennis Seijts, Stefano Martellos and Edwin van Spronsen.
Initiative: ETI BioInformatics.
Identification key: R. Sluys, G. Gijswijt and Huub Veldhuijzen van Zanten.
Drawings: F.J. Maas, Joh. Reydon and P. van der Wolf.
Bird calls: C. Hazevoet and L. Svensson.
Photography: we would like to express our gratitude to the following photographers for their willing co-operation : Jankees Schwiebbe (www.birdphoto.nl), Han Bouwmeester (www.hanbouwmeester.nl), Pieter Dol (www.pieterdol.com), Richard Diepstraten (www.pbase.com/richard2051), Toy Jansen (www.globalbirding.com), Robert Royse (www.roysephotos.com), Jan van der Voort, Marc Gottenbos (www.birdimage.nl), Stichting Saxifraga (Luc Hoogenstein, Piet Munsterman, Jan C. van der Straaten and Mark Zekhuis), Ruud Altenburg and Edwin van Spronsen.
ETI BioInformatics was founded in 1990 by the Dutch government and UNESCO to facilitate easy access to information on taxonomy and biodiversity. See http://www.eti.uva.nl
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Customer Reviews
Basic and not intuitive
Tried using this in Spain and found it frustrating to use. Insufficient images, limited sounds, poor maps, search options confusing. Ended up using my Birds of Northern Europe app where possible which is superb in it's sophistication. This app needs much more work to become useful to birdwatchers. For now, carry a book.
Good first effort
As a new app this is good. The pictures and info are comprehensive without being over the top. The identify section is a bit long winded, but does narrow the field down well. This is achieved by elimination, rather than having to input bits of information.
A couple of things that could be improved in future updates are.
1) the search window is extremely small and awkward to use. Especially if you have large fingers.
2) you have to input the full name of the bird you are searching for, before anything happens. It would be easier if the search narrowed down as letters were inserted.
But apart from these issues, worth the outlay,
Good app
Fairly good ap covers most species, some notable exceptions Iberian Chiffcaff for start
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- £7.99
- Category: Reference
- Released: 09 May 2011
- Version: 1.0
- Size: 100 MB
- Language: English
- Developer: ETI BioInformatics
- © ETI BioInformatics 2011
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.Requires iOS 4.0 or later.
