Costa Rica Birds

Name: Costa Rica Birds
Price: 14.99 USD
Rating: 3.4 (5 reviews)
Author: Patrick ODonnell

By: Patrick ODonnell

Field Guide for mobile devices

Features & Capabilities

Get ready for birding in Costa Rica with this comprehensive digital field guide!

Full featured digital field guide for birding in Costa Rica.

Costa Rica Birds includes all of the birds that have occurred in this beautiful country as well as several species that may eventually occur. This digital field guide requires no Internet connection and has a wealth of information and features that make it an excellent reference guide before, during, and after any trip to Costa Rica.

Since this app was released in 2015, local bird experts in Costa Rica have updated features and information to turn this app into a comprehensive digital tool that can be personalized with target lists, lists of birds seen and heard, and notes.

It also includes accurate and up to date information about bird identification, habits and habitats for 930 plus species on the Costa Rica list as well as 70 plus additional species that may eventually occur in Costa Rica.

Features include:

• Full-featured birding field guide for Costa Rica. • Images and vocalizations for more than 1000 species. • Information, field marks, range maps and tips for seeing each species in Costa Rica.

• NO ADVERTISEMENTS. FREE UPGRADES WITH ADDITIONAL IMAGES AND SOUNDS.

• Additional features to customize your birding experience: • Comprehensive SEARCH filter • -Search by name • -Sorting options, including by family, group, bird characteristics, region, habitat, nocturnal and regional endemic birds and more! • -Make target lists • -Check as seen, heard, or unseen/heard • -Personal notes • -Camera • -Similar Species feature to compare similar birds. • -Information about major habitats in Costa Rica. • -Information about Conservation status.

• ‘Which Bird is it?' Record and photo bird, email to us for help in identification.

• Larger font for easier reading.

• Pinch images to make them bigger.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App

By:

Patrick ODonnell

Rating:

3.40

(5)

Version:

6.42 Last updated: 2026-05-05

Version code:

885294921

Creation date:

2013-01-22

Compatible devices:

Size:

571.25MB

Price:

14.99

URLs:

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-09

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 586,588 ▼ 4,399

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Developed by:

Patrick ODonnell

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/costa-rica-birds/id568719936

User Reviews

Costa Rica Birds is praised as an easy-to-use field guide with rich media (photos, sounds, range maps) and strong field usefulness, often replacing a traditional field guide. It supports quick sighting logs and works well in the field. However, reviews commonly cite bugs and stability problems, confusing navigation, unreliable search/filter, and price concerns. Overall, it offers valuable content in the field but reliability and data quality issues detract from its value for some users.

Pros

Easy to use and unfussy interface in the field
Rich media: photos, sounds, and range maps accompany species entries
Strong in-field utility: helps record sightings quickly and serves as a portable field guide
Ongoing updates and broad OS compatibility keep it usable on older devices

Cons

Stability issues: buggy performance, crashes, and UI glitches
Poor organization and confusing navigation/listing that makes finding birds difficult
Unreliable or insufficient search/filter functionality (hard to search by name or get consistent results)
Perceived overpriced value for money

Recent reviews

We’re heading back to Costa Rica and beginning to think about what to take with us. I will (again) use this app as field guide, supplement information to that provided by locals, and my trip journal. I like that it is easy to use and is unfussy.