
Birda is a birdwatching app and community designed for curious individuals seeking to deepen their connection with nature, make a positive environmental impact, and join an inclusive community. The app allows users to identify birds using AI or community help, log sightings, track progress towards goals, and participate in challenges. It also fosters a community where users can share photos, connect with other birders globally, and discover new birding spots. Birda's mission is to encourage people to experience nature and, in turn, fight for its protection. Bird sightings data is shared with the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) to aid scientists in understanding bird species and their habitats.

Birda is a birdwatching app and community designed for curious individuals seeking to deepen their connection with nature, make a positive environmental impact, and join an inclusive community. The app allows users to identify birds using AI or community help, log sightings, track progress towards goals, and participate in challenges. It also fosters a community where users can share photos, connect with other birders globally, and discover new birding spots. Birda's mission is to encourage people to experience nature and, in turn, fight for its protection. Bird sightings data is shared with the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) to aid scientists in understanding bird species and their habitats.
What they do: Mobile-first birdwatching app with AI photo ID, social feed, logging, challenges, and species/location data
Mission: Encourage people to experience nature and contribute sightings for conservation (shares data with GBIF)
Founders: John White and Natalie White (co-founders); Dom Barker listed as an early co-founder/engineer
Size: 16 employees
Funding: Total disclosed funding: 5 rounds; latest Seed round closed 2023-06-16
Consumer nature engagement, citizen-science data collection for biodiversity monitoring
2017
Consumer mobile app, conservation / citizen science
Seed round closed on 2023-06-16 (Crunchbase records)