birbly

An illustrated bird deck for iPhone

Get to know birds, up close.

Great Tit, in flight
Great Tit · Parus major · in flight

Birbly is a deck of illustrated bird cards. Look closely at each species at rest and in flight, read its names, measurements, classification and range — then see which birds you can name.

Open a species card See the starter deck
Birbly app icon: a European Robin

Birbly for iPhoneIn preparation. Not yet available on the App Store.

Plate ISpecies card

Each bird gets a screen of its own.

A species screen reads from top to bottom: the name, the illustration, the measurements, the classification and a schematic range map. Here is the European Robin, set out the same way.

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European Robin

Erithacus rubecula

Adult bird

European Robin, at rest European Robin, in flight

Every species is drawn at rest and in flight. In the app you can also open an illustration to zoom in and move around it.

Measurements

Body length
12.5–14 cm
Wingspan
20–22 cm

Classification

Genus
European robins
Family
Old World flycatchers
Order
Passerines

Geographical range

Schematic world map. The European Robin’s indicative range covers Europe, western Asia and northwestern Africa.
Indicative range

Europe, western Asia and northwestern Africa; also some eastern Atlantic islands.

An example laid out for this page, not a screenshot of the app.

Plate IIStarter deck

Eighteen birds of European parks.

The starter deck comes with the app, from the House Sparrow to the Eurasian Coot. Swipe from one card to the next, at your own pace.

  1. House SparrowPasser domesticus
  2. Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
  3. Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
  4. European RobinErithacus rubecula
  5. Great TitParus major
  6. Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
  7. Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
  8. European GreenfinchChloris chloris
  9. European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
  10. Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
  11. Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
  12. Eurasian MagpiePica pica
  13. Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
  14. Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
  15. Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
  16. White WagtailMotacilla alba
  17. MallardAnas platyrhynchos
  18. Eurasian CootFulica atra

Plate IIITest

Then see which ones you can name.

A test shows each bird in a deck once, in random order, with four names to choose from. You get one try per bird, and you can pause and come back later. Try a question here.

Bird to identify, shown at rest.
  • Pick from 4 names
  • One try
  • Pause and come back any time

Which species is this?

  • Eurasian Magpie
  • European Goldfinch
  • White Wagtail
  • European Greenfinch
Show answer

European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis

  • Only picking the correct name scores. Showing the answer or skipping does not.
  • Browsing cards never changes your results.
  • Finished and unfinished tests are kept in Test history, on your iPhone.

Birbly, in brief.

The essentials, set out like a specimen label.

Device
iPhone with iOS 18 or later
Languages
Polish and English
Starter deck
Birds of European parks: 18 species, each at rest and in flight
On each card
Common and scientific name, body length and wingspan, genus, family and order, schematic range map
Reading
Light or dark appearance, standard or larger text
Without internet
You can browse available cards and saved results offline.
Account
Birbly works without a user account.
Advertising and analytics
The app contains no advertising or automatic usage analytics.
Availability
In preparation; not yet on the App Store

How Birbly handles your data

A question about Birbly?

Help explains how to reach us and answers common questions about offline use and your learning history.

Go to Help support@birblydeck.com