听鸟 · AI Birdsong Identifier

Identify birdsong on your device. Keep cards and notes, share selected cards, and optionally back up your garden privately to iCloud for your next iPhone.

Tingniao is an AI birdsong identifier and nature journal for iPhone and iPad. Record about 12 seconds of nearby birdsong to find possible matches offline. Check the bird before confirming, then keep a card and a note. Let each encounter slowly become part of your own garden.

LISTEN AND LEARN The BirdNET model analyzes audio on your device and suggests possible species. Check your location, the bird’s appearance and its call. AI can be wrong, and scores are not accuracy rates.

HEAR IT FIRST, THEN KEEP IT Confirm a microphone match to unlock its bird card. The collection includes historical illustrations of 424 species. Birds without illustrations can be kept as text records. Your garden begins with an empty branch and grows with your records.

SHARE AN ENCOUNTER From an unlocked card or your current garden’s share page, choose cards and write separate public text. Read and agree to the community guidelines before posting. Posts become public after basic format and text checks, without waiting for human approval. Share up to 30 species at a time. Public gardens collect only posts that remain public, not a person’s entire private collection. Visit other gardens, like posts, and report or block unsuitable content. You can delete your posts, unblock people, sign out or delete your community account. There are no comments, private messages, photo uploads or leaderboards.

YOUR PRIVATE RECORDS STAY YOURS The model is included with the app. Audio is processed on your device, never uploaded or saved as a recording file. Listening, collecting and notes do not require a login. There is no location collection, advertising or usage telemetry. Community features need internet. Posting and interactions use a separate username, nickname and password account. No phone number or email is required; password recovery is not available yet. Only selected bird names, scientific names, separate public text and necessary community account and interaction information are sent. Audio, original notes, confirmation dates, location and unselected private collections are not sent. Community accounts do not sync or migrate your on-device garden.

SHARE A PAGE OF NATURE Create a single-bird or garden image. Save it to Photos or use system sharing to send it to a service you choose, including WeChat and Xiaohongshu. An experience QR code is optional. Your garden, dates and notes are saved on your device. Portable JSON backups preserve records but do not transfer card unlocks.

TAKE YOUR GARDEN TO A NEW PHONE In My Garden > Backup and Restore, optionally enable Private iCloud Backup for species, confirmation dates, notes and unlocked cards. On an iPhone or iPad using the same Apple Account, select a backup and confirm restoration. Records are merged and existing local notes are kept. Backup is off by default. It excludes audio and does not post to the community. Internet and available iCloud storage are required. Automatic backup is attempted when the app can run; it is not real-time sync. Confirm success before replacing or erasing your old phone.

Already have a recording? Import 3–30 seconds of audio, up to 20 MB, as a reference. Imported audio does not enter your garden or unlock cards. Observe quietly and do not play calls to wild birds. An unlocked card does not prove a wild encounter or a scientific record. Viewing someone else’s cards does not unlock your own collection.

Available in Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese and English. Sources and licenses for the illustrations, model, fonts and other material are available in Help & Settings, along with community guidelines, privacy information and feedback details.