ChirpOMatic: App to Identify Birds by the Sound of Their Songs

ChirpOMatic is an iOS app that identifies birds by the sound of their songs. Point your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch at the sound, record twelve seconds, and the app shows you the results.

“It's like Shazam, but for bird songs” is a convincing sales argument, and a difficult technical proposition. It's much more difficult for an algorithm to identify animal sounds in all their wild beauty than to recognize a specific recording of a pop song. Impressive, however, several apps really can identify a bird by its songs, with a little human help. And for those cases nothing better than ChirpOMatic, an app to identify birds by the sound of their songs. If you only need guesses and not much information about birds, this is your best option.

How to identify birds by their song?

When you hear a bird singing, quickly open ChirpOMatic and tap the record button. The app records for twelve seconds, then analyzes the sound and shows you the best results, along with photos of birds, and suggestions and tips on the sound. The app is autonomous and doesn't need a network connection, so you can use it anywhere.

All your recordings are saved so you can listen to them again, and you can email them from the app to listen on your PC. You can even send your recordings to the developers, Spiny Software, to make the app more accurate.

ChirpOMatic regularly updates its databases with new birds and includes a silent "bird-proof" mode to avoid playing back loud recordings and confusing real birds around you. If you have a backyard with a garden or trees, go for a walk in the park or spend a few days in the countryside, nothing better than this app to identify birds by the sound of their songs.

Developed by Spiny Software, ChirpOMatic is available for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch on the App Store for $3.99. Don't have an iPhone? Then try Xeno-Canto: it's a website full of bird songs and although it doesn't offer automatic recognition, you can search by region and taxonomy.

Official site: ChirpOMatic