Spot birds. Share the moment.

Burd is a birding community built around real sightings log what you see, browse a living field guide, follow local birders, and celebrate rare finds with people who get it.

  • Capture sightings with photos, location, and species ID
  • Record bird calls while you shoot for photo + sound ID
  • Explore a field guide tied to what you've logged
  • See nearby sightings and connect with birders around you

Android is in early alpha. DM @burd.app on Instagram to join the Android testing phase.

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Built for birders, not algorithms.

Burd is where your sightings become part of a true story. A log that surfaces from real places, a journal of what you've found, and a field guide that grows with every entry. Whether you're chasing a rarity or noting the robin in your yard, Burd keeps it simple, social, and rooted in the field.

2.4M+
Sightings logged
380+
Species verified
41K
Birders active
New · Coming Soon to Burd

The wild,
fully identified.

Two powerful new scanners are coming to Burd — bringing real-time identification of every animal, tree, nest, and egg you encounter in the field.

Animal Scanner Habitat Scanner
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9:41
Tawny owl in woodland
Animal Scanner
Tawny Owl
Strix aluco
Deciduous woodland · Nocturnal
94% match

01 — Animal Scanner

Every creature,
identified.

Point your phone at any animal — on land, in water, or in the air — and Burd's Animal Scanner identifies it in real time. Beyond birds, Animal Scanner extends Burd's signature identification engine across the entire animal kingdom.

  • Photo ID

    Point your camera at any animal for instant identification.

  • Sound ID

    Identify species by their calls, songs, and ambient sounds.

  • Real-time detection

    Live bounding boxes and confidence scores as you move.

  • 10,000+ species

    Mammals, reptiles, insects, amphibians, fish, and more.

Coming Soon iOS & Android

02 — Habitat Scanner

Read the
landscape.

Wildlife leaves traces long before it appears. Habitat Scanner lets you scan the environment itself — trees, nests, eggs, burrows — to understand which species live there, breed there, and pass through.

  • Tree & plant ID

    Identify any tree, shrub, or plant from bark, leaf, or silhouette.

  • Nest identification

    Determine which species built a nest by its structure and materials.

  • Egg recognition

    Identify eggs by size, colour, and speckle pattern.

  • Burrows & shelters

    Recognize animal dens, burrows, and shelter structures.

Coming Soon iOS & Android
9:41
Oak eggar moth on tree bark
Habitat Scanner
Oak Eggar Moth
Lasiocampa quercus
Woodland edge · Oak bark camouflage
87% match
Coverage

What you can identify

Both scanners draw on Burd's continuously updated identification models, trained on millions of verified field observations.

Mammals

5,400+ species

Fish & Marine

3,700+ species

Insects

12,000+ species

Reptiles & Amphibians

2,100+ species

Early Access

Be first in the field.

Animal Scanner and Habitat Scanner are launching later this year. Leave your email and we'll notify you the moment they're available.