Birdata2026.08.1 - App Store

Originally developed in 2005, the Birdata website provided an online platform for volunteers and researchers to enter bird survey data and gain feedback about their surveys. This major revamp of Birdata has allowed us to offer this critical conservation tool in the form of a handy, easy-to-use app.

The Birdata mobile app is intended to facilitate simple data entry in the field on mobile devices and provides basic reporting statistics.

Visit the Birdata web portal (http://birdata.birdlife.org.au) for extended reporting and data management functionality.

Analysis of structured monitoring surveys in Birdata feeds directly into the State of Australia’s Birds report series. These reports are the go-to guide on the status of Australia’s bird populations, designed to inform decision making on land management, and direct conservation and policy that affects Australia’s birds and biodiversity.

Can you use it for Birding lists? Yes. Birdata is primarily a tool for structured monitoring, however you can use Birdata to enter and store birding trip lists (e.g. bird lists which are collected over expanded areas without conforming to scientific standards). Please ensure that data such as this is coded as “Bird List” in the “Survey type” field on the details page.

Version History Add BIT feature to several programs (Bittern Project, Birds on Farms, Southwest Black-Cockatoo Recovery Program, Swift Parrot Search, Wetland Birds) 2026.08.1 Aug 10 - Updates to BIT feature for recording dead, sick and injured birds
- Minor fixes 2026.08 Aug 4 - Fix issue relating to disturbance field in Shorebirds surveys
- Prevent switching of surveys between incompatible programs
- Clearer messaging when a survey submission fails due to a connection problem or other error 2026.03 Mar 4 - New fields for Shorebirds surveys 2026.01.2 Jan 20 - New fields for Shorebirds surveys 2026.01.1 Jan 20 Minor fixes 2025.11.2 11/20/2025 Ability to record information about dead, sick and injured birds 2025.11.1 11/16/2025 - Update acknowledgements
- Minor UI tweaks 2025.08 08/08/2025 - Updated home screen design
- Added Orange-bellied Parrot program (restricted access) 2025.07.2 07/24/2025 - Updated Red Goshawk program 2025.06.2 06/09/2025 - Regent Honeyeater program now available to all users
- Updated survey timer functionality 2025.06 06/02/2025 - Updated Regent Honeyeater program (limited access)
- Updated Red Goshawk program (limited access)
- Improved stability
- Improved UI for option fields and help buttons 2025.04 04/30/2025 - Added Regent Honeyeater program (limited access)
- Update field labels to use consistent capitalisation 2025.03.2 03/24/2025 - Birds in Backyards: site fields are now optional for "Birds in Schools" surveys 2025.03 03/12/2025 - Added Red Goshawk program (private access only)
- Hide 'Private Survey' option for Beach-nesting Birds and Colonial Nesting Birds surveys, since they are always private
- Minor fixes 2025.01 02/12/2025 - Swift Parrot Search: Added temperature and wind speed fields; update wording
- Birds on Farms: Update wording 2024.10 10/08/2024 - Minor wording update to Swift Parrot Search surveys 2024.08 08/02/2024 - Updated Swift Parrot Search surveys 2024.07 07/08/2024 - Fixed shared sites not appearing on map 2024.06.1 06/03/2024 - Updated Birds on Farms survey questions
- Fixed UI problems with dark mode 2024.06 05/31/2024 - Updated Birds in Backyards surveys
- Updated Colonial Nesting Birds surveys (restricted access) 2024.05 05/08/2024 - Added Wetland Birds program 2024.03 03/06/2024 - Updated species
- Fix issue with program selection 2024.01 02/02/2024 - New program: Beach-washed Birds
- Notes are no longer required for out of range sightings 2023.10 10/30/2023 - Updated Colonial Nesting Birds functionality
- Updated login functionality 1.99 09/19/2023