African Wildlife Comes to the Iphone
Friday, October 23rd, 2009Two great new iphone applications are now available in Itunes App Store:
Sasol eBirds – $29.99
An interactive version of the best-selling Sasol Birds of Southern Africa field guide boasts specific features aimed at enhancing your birding experience:
- Images, distribution maps and text descriptions of over 950 bird species found in the Southern African region.
- Audible calls for over 630 bird species
- “Smart Search” helps identify birds using beak shape, bird size, bird color and habitat.
- Set a specific region so that only birds of that region display throughout the program.
- “Bird Compare” allows you to compare two birds on the same screen (including calls).
- Personal bird list stores your bird sightings * (ability to upload list coming soon)
- View the Bird Index by English or Afrikaans bird names.
eWildlife of Southern Africa – $9.99
An easy to use, interactive version of the popular Wildlife of Southern Africa field guide forms the perfect companion for a visitor to any part of the region.Features more than 2500 species most likely to be found as well as images of over 1600 species with the rest identified by references to similar species in the text.
- Lower invertebrates
- Spiders and other arachnids
- Insects
- Freshwater fishes
- Frogs
- Reptiles
- Birds & Mammals
- Grasses, sedges, ferns and fungi
- Wild flowers & Trees
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