# iBird Yard+ Guide to Birds

> Reference

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id297644123](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id297644123)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id297644123`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Mitch Waite Group
- **Category:** Reference
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (224 ratings)
- **Version:** 10.06
- **Last updated:** 2017-12-24
- **First published:** 2008-11-25
- **Size:** 702 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-21
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ibird-yard-guide-to-birds/id297644123)
- **Website:** [https://ibird.com](https://ibird.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://ibird.com/privacy-policy/](http://ibird.com/privacy-policy/)

## Description

iBird Yard+ Guide to Birds is a comprehensive garden bird reference for North America, featuring 270 species and up-to-date with the 2017 AOU update. It includes the Owls of Mexico and Central America package, hundreds of bird songs, high-resolution photos, field illustrations, and extensive range maps. The new **Time of Day** feature lets you filter birds by activity (diurnal, crepuscular, nocturnal), helping you see what you’re likely to encounter at different times.

Powered by iBird’s **Percevia** matching system, you can search by color, location, shape, habitat, and 37 attributes to quickly identify your bird. The extension supports offline use, retina-friendly visuals, and multilingual names (English, French, Spanish). It also includes sharing, notes, and favorites for easy logging of sightings, and offers an updated Owls of Mexico and Central America package.

## Rankings

- #100,392 — Overall
- #48 — merlin
- #49 — wait
- #78 — guide

## Review summary

iBird Yard+ is praised for its extensive photos and bird calls, user-friendly design, and strong backyard-birding usefulness. Users value its educational aspects and free features. Recurrent drawbacks are regional gaps in species coverage and occasional technical issues after updates, including sound problems and search mismatches. Overall, it’s a solid field guide with great identifying tools, tempered by coverage and reliability improvements.

### Pros

- Large, comprehensive database with high-quality photos and bird calls for reliable identification
- Very user-friendly and easy to navigate, suitable for beginners and experienced birders alike
- Strong support for backyard birding (identifying birds at feeders) with useful features like filters, favorites, and audio
- Educational and discovery-oriented, helping users learn about new species and fostering conservation interest
- Long-standing, well-regarded tool with notable value and free features among users

### Cons

- Regional coverage gaps: missing common backyard birds in some areas (e.g., certain quail and local species) and uneven species availability across regions
- Occasional post-update technical issues: sound not working on newer devices (e.g., iPhone X) and intermittent search/match problems like 'no match' results
- Content/update delays for local species: some users feel the app isn’t fully up-to-date for their area, leading to missing or misrepresented regional birds

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