National Geographic’s Handheld Birds

Handheld Birds

National Geographic’s Handheld Birds is available for the iPhone or iPod touch. This is a must-have for any bird enthusiast!

Based on the best-selling book National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America, National Geographic Handheld Birds is a breakthrough in birding. It was the first North American multimedia software program to provide birders of all levels with easy-to-use interactive referencing capabilities. Fully integrated and completely user-friendly, National Geographic Handheld Birds instantly transforms your experience in the field into a vibrant, expertly guided adventure.

Features:

Most complete data and highest quality images from National Geographic: includes more than 1,600 bird images and 650 range maps from the National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America, plus other detailed bird information, such as family, features, plumages, similar species, habitat, conservation, voice, foraging, and reproduction.

Vibrant Sound: nearly four hours of premium-quality birdsong and call playback from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology allows for listening enjoyment and assists with rapid identification in the field.

Multiple Search Criteria: Search through 867 North American birds by the following sorting criteria:

• FIRST (First Name, Last Name)
• LAST (Last Name, First Name)
• TAX (Taxonomic Order)
• FAM (Family Order)

Type-to-Find: Can’t find the bird you’re looking for? Not a problem. Simply start typing the name of the bird in the search box and the list of birds is automatically populated.

• Quick Comparison: Swiftly transition from one bird to the next to easily compare and contrast unique characteristics.
• Advanced Search: Look for birds based on current location, habitat, month, color, and size.
• Checklists: Get support for checklists of birds based on location.
• Sighting Notes: Record and retrieve detailed sighting information for an enhanced birding journey.
• Updated Content: Images and text will be refreshed with the content from the latest versions of the National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America.

Additional Resources for Birding from National Geographic:

National Geographic Handheld Birds is based on the best-selling book National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America, the ultimate indispensable bird guide.

Additional resources from National Geographic are available online from the National Geographic store or wherever books are sold.

• Complete Birds of North America: the definitive desk reference for North American birders
• Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern North America and Field Guide to the Birds of Western North America: detailed regional guides with great new features, including annotated art, visual index, larger maps and more
• Birding Essentials: National Geographic’s how-to guide for beginning and intermediate birders
• Guide to Birding Hotspots of the United States: over 500 lower 48 hotspots for the birder to explore