Morcombe & Stewart Guide 4+
To Birds of Australia
mydigitalearth.com
Designed for iPad
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- £19.99
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Description
The foremost field guide to Australian birds is now available on the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad with a comprehensive collection of bird calls.
** If you would like to experience the app check out The Michael Morcombe eGuide to the Birds of Australia LITE which is FREE and includes 59 species **
Michael Morcombe’s Field Guide to Australian Birds has been called the most comprehensive field guide to Australian birds in the market today and now it is perfectly complimented by the eGuide which features:
● iPhone optimised controls – swipe to next or previous species, one-tap enlargement of an image and rotate the device (landscape) to enlarge an image completely (and fit the width of the screen).
● Over 3000 hi-res bird images covering over 790 bird species.
● Most bird species have a detailed distribution map showing any subspecies that occur.
● Detailed text descriptions of almost all bird species including songs and calls, measurements and breeding behaviour.
● Over 1800 carefully-selected and edited sound recordings for over 600 species. Many species are represented with multiple call examples showing the full range of vocalizations.
● The ability to compare any two images, maps, or sounds, side by side on the screen. The ability to filter by geographic location, so that you see only the species likely to occur in your location, and to further reduce the possibilities to usual or vagrant species in the selected area.
● A “Smart Search” that gives the ability to search by distinguishing features such as size, colour, physical features, habitat and exclude certain types of birds (eg. Passerines).
● A basic personal species list that stores your sightings saved to the device* (ability to upload list coming soon)
● A comprehensive help and introduction section to help you if you get stuck or don’t understand how a certain feature works.
*Uninstalling/reinstalling the program will result in the loss of your list, it is recommended that you keep your own backup (master list) separate from the application.
We invite all users to share their comments and ideas on our forum at www.mydigitalearth.com
NB. This Application WILL ONLY work on an iPhone or iPod Touch running iOS V7.1 or higher NOT A NORMAL IPOD CLASSIC/NANO and the download is about 320MB.
What’s New
Version 1.5.2
Fixed a bug that caused the app to crash after selecting certain species.
Updated app to latest iOS guidelines.
Ratings and Reviews
Problem with purchasing both Lite and Reference Versions
If you download the Lite version then buy the full version, the full version doesn’t show up in purchased apps and attempts to share the full version results in only the Lite version being shared. There are numerous issues in addition requiring an update but 2 years on, there have been no revisions (see comments on the Lite version).
Great App
Had the app a couple of weeks now and love it. Much quicker than looking up in a book. The compare feature is good and the recordings provide that extra important detail for identification purposes.
The My List feature is good but it seems to be optimised for use in the field. I've been entering records for some birding trips I made in Nov and Dec and it's been very laborious. Whilst the app remembers the location I'm using, I have to correct the date for each bird I enter - it would be so easy if it remembered the last date used as it does for location. I would have liked to enter all of my older records but it would take too long. Pity you can't import an edited csv file. Despite this little issue, it's a great app and I highly recommend it.
Exhaustive and very helpful
Have no idea what planet Profif is on. The search facilities are extensive and flexible. In addition to the alphabetic search (which is presumably the only thing he looked at) there is a taxonomic search, and a user-defined search function which allows you to specify a wide range of features to narrow your search by. As a newcomer to Oz with not much ornithological experience I am finding this app easy to use and very instructive. Don'tlet the one star review put you off.
App Privacy
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Data Not Collected
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Information
- Provider
- Cool Ideas LLC
- Size
- 471.7 MB
- Category
- Reference
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 12.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2021 Cool Ideas LLC
- Price
- £19.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.