Learn your birds.
Photo and sound quizzes for the birds in your area. Like Duolingo, but for birding.
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Free to use. Launching on iOS & Android.
Photo © Donald Davesne, some rights reserved (CC BY)
How it works
Three steps. No field guide required.
Set your location
Drop a pin and we pull every species spotted nearby from eBird's database. Your quizzes are built from birds that actually live where you do.
Study real photos & sounds
Each lesson uses real wildlife photos from iNaturalist and recordings from Xeno-canto. You learn what birds actually look and sound like — not illustrations.
Quiz yourself & track progress
Spaced repetition quizzes help you actually remember what you learn. Build a streak, earn XP, and watch your life list grow.
What's inside
Quizzes based on your location
Set your location and BirdBrain builds quizzes from the species actually spotted in your area using eBird data. No random birds from other continents.
Real photos and real sounds
Every lesson uses actual wildlife photos from iNaturalist and field recordings from Xeno-canto. You learn what birds really look and sound like.
Lessons that stick
Each bird group follows a study flow: learn field marks, take guided quizzes, then mixed review. Spaced repetition means you actually remember.
Streaks, XP, and collectible birds
Daily streaks keep you coming back. Earn XP, hatch eggs into pet birds for your aviary, and grow your collection as you master more species.
Your bird collection
Every bird you master joins your gallery. Watch it grow as you work through the species in your region.
Quetzal
Rock Pigeon
Avocet
Pauraque
30% of profits go to bird conservation.
North America has lost 3 billion birds since 1970. One in four species is globally threatened. We built conservation funding into the business model from day one — every subscription directly supports the nonprofits protecting the birds you're learning about.
Built on community science
Everything in BirdBrain comes from open, community-driven platforms. Millions of observations, photos, and recordings contributed by birders and researchers worldwide.
eBird
Which birds live near you
Species checklists and range data from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
iNaturalist
What they look like
Real wildlife photos contributed by a global community of naturalists.
Xeno-canto
What they sound like
Field recordings of bird calls and songs from around the world.
Wikimedia
Supplemental media
Additional images and information from the open knowledge commons.