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eGuide to Birds of the Indian Subcontinent app for iPhone and iPad


4.4 ( 7424 ratings )
Reference Book
Developer: mydigitalearth.com
28.99 USD
Current version: 1.2.1, last update: 6 years ago
First release : 04 Jun 2012
App size: 126.81 Mb

The eGuide to Birds of the Indian Subcontinent is an interactive companion to Birds of the Indian Subcontinent – the definitive guide for birdwatchers visiting the region. It covers India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the Maldives. This application has specific features that will enhance your birding experience.

FEATURES:
Hi-res images, distribution maps and detailed text descriptions of over 1300 bird species found in the Indian Subcontinent.
These images can be expanded to fill the entire width of the screen in portrait and landscape.
“Bird Compare” that allows you to compare two birds on the same screen.
A personal bird list that stores your bird sightings saved to the device that can then be exported through email.
View the Bird Index by Common or Scientific bird names either alphabetically or taxonomically.

*Uninstalling the program will result in the loss of your list, it is recommended that you keep your own master list separate from the program.

Latest reviews of eGuide to Birds of the Indian Subcontinent app for iPhone and iPad

Deserve update
Did use it in a recent bird trip to Gujarat. Happy to have this good book on my iPad. Very convenient for the log every evening, great to thick species by day and places, and easy way to get the complete listing as an Excel file when back home. But, this app would deserve some updates. For instance the drawing for the crested Bunting is the wrong one. The text for Ibisbill and Crab plover for another species. Please update.
Good Start
It is the entire book "Birds of the Indian Subcontinent" by Richard Grimmett, which is the best field guide Ive used in India (minus all the stuff at the front). It has some advantages over the book edition, obviously it is easy to carry! It also allows better viewing of both the maps and the illustrations (on the iPad it looks incredible, though I wont carry my iPad into the field). And allows for quick searching. Yet it seems to be a little glitchy and could use a little polishing. It seems to be missing either maps or illustrations for a few species (some are possible vagrants, others are just plain missing like the Indian peafowl) I would also love to see some work put in on the sounds of birds. Comparison with similar birds is possible, but cumbersome. You have to know which birds are similar, and you can only view two at a time. I will look forward to an update of this guide.
Not there yet
The app has, as far as I know, a lot of info regarding birds in the area. Where it is lacking, however, is a “Smart Search” feature (like the South African eBirds Guide) as well as location-based search. With the large number of birds, it is always helpful to narrow down the search possibilities when trying to identify different species. I’m looking forward to an update - soon - on making very good use of the data it already holds. Holding thumbs!
Not as useful as the book. Not worth the price!
Hi I am really disappointed in your "APP". Its merely the scanned book..and the book is much easier to use....as you can compare birds that are similar on a page and get to the right bird... In the App you can only search by name...but how do you get the name? The illustrations are also second rate....the color is bad and detail lost...in this digital version you could have added easily available photos to augment the consistent problems with your plates. I have been spoiled by ibird pro...and its amazing search features and the quality of its illustrations... i.e. Ibird with BAM Its easily worth $29. Your app is a real burn for almost $29. I hope your considering upgrading it soon and the upgrades will be free....But you didnt ask buyers to register... I would have been so much better off bringing my paperback copy of the book with me to India...
It is AWESOME!
This is the best eGuide book of Indian Birds undoubtedly. Everything is so good. But the app would be much better if you added the callings of the birds. Its a request to you, please add sound to this app for the upcoming version. Please!
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