SongLark
Free on Google Play
Know every bird by ear.
You already hear them every morning. SongLark turns those calls into birds you can name, with three-minute daily lessons built on real field recordings rather than flashcards of photos.
Your first course is free, with no ads. On iPhone, sign in to the web app in Safari.
How it works
Ten lessons in, you will pick calls out of the dawn chorus.
SongLark is a course, not a soundboard. Each lesson introduces a few birds, then keeps bringing them back at exactly the moment you are about to forget them.
Pick your patch
Choose the course for where you live, from Sydney to San Francisco to Chiang Mai. You only learn birds you can actually hear from your back door.
Listen and answer
A call plays. You pick the bird. Three or four new species per lesson, mixed with the ones you have already met, so the answers never come from elimination.
Come back tomorrow
Every bird you meet gets a review date. Get one right and it slides further away; miss it and it comes back tomorrow. Three minutes a day is the whole commitment.
Courses
Pick your region
Each course teaches the birds you can actually hear where you live. See every bird in a course before you start.
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Birds of New South Wales49 birds · Australia
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Birds of Victoria48 birds · Australia
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Birds of Southeast QLD48 birds · Australia
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Birds of the North Island48 birds · New Zealand
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Birds of the San Francisco Bay Area52 birds · United States
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Birds of Northern Thailand50 birds · Thailand
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Birds of Central & Southern Thailand53 birds · Thailand
Course photographs: Laughing Kookaburra: Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová (CC BY 4.0). Gang-gang Cockatoo: ianrainbow (CC BY 4.0). Tui: dianne_and_gordon_purdie (CC0 1.0). California Quail: William Harland (CC BY 4.0). Red-billed Blue-Magpie: Don Wellmann (CC0 1.0). Collared Kingfisher: Griha Hasanov (CC BY 4.0).
Get SongLark
Start your first lesson today
SongLark is out on Google Play. Not on Android? The same app runs in your browser, so you can start from an iPhone, an iPad or a laptop.
- On Android? Install it from Google Play and sign in with Google.
- On iPhone? Open the web app in Safari and sign in. Add it to your home screen and it opens like any other app.
- One account, every device. Your progress syncs, so you can switch between your phone and your browser.
- Every message is read. There is a feedback button in the app, and at this size every message is read by the person who builds it.
Questions
Frequently asked
How much does SongLark cost?
Your first course is free, and there are no ads. You choose it when you first sign in.
Which phones can run SongLark?
On Android, install SongLark from Google Play. On iPhone, iPad or a computer, sign in to the web app. It is the same account, so your progress follows you between devices.
Do I need to know anything about birds already?
No. Every course starts with the loudest, most common backyard birds and adds three or four new species per lesson, reviewing earlier ones as you go.
Which birds does SongLark teach?
230+ species so far, across seven courses: New South Wales, Victoria, Southeast Queensland, New Zealand's North Island, the San Francisco Bay Area, Northern Thailand and Central and Southern Thailand. Each course has six levels and about 23 lessons, from backyard regulars to forest, water and night birds. See every course.
Does SongLark identify a bird I record myself?
No. That is the opposite of what SongLark does. Rather than having an app name the bird for you, SongLark trains your own ear so you can name it yourself.
How long does a lesson take?
About three minutes. A lesson opens with a short review of the calls you are due to forget, then introduces three or four new birds.