Features

Scythebill is feature-rich!  Some of the highlights:
  • Full eBird/Clements checklist, including all subspecies and groups.
  • IOC World Bird List support, including subspecies and names in 40 languages!
  • Extended taxonomies - keep track of your mammals,  butterflies, reptiles, amphibians, or anything else!
  • Flip between the taxonomies instantly - no need to choose just one.
  • Fast species entry ("choose your own abbreviation"), including over 7000 alternate names.
  • Fast reports - instant processing of hundreds of thousands of records.
  • Hundreds of checklists - nearly all of the world's countries; all US, Canadian, and Australian states.
  • Simple, clean UI.
  • Export to eBird, iNaturalist, or BirdTrack and import from Avisys, BirdBase, eBird, Birder's Diary, BirdLasser, observation.org, Flickr, HBW Live, and more.
  • Special reports, like trip reports, family reports, Total Ticks, and more
  • As much location detail as you want
  • Support for multiple observers
  • Built-in "geocoding" - Scythebill finds the latitude and longitude for you around the world
  • Enter hybrids and "spuhs" (Willow/Alder Flycatcher, for example)

Want to know more?  There's a full manual online at manual.scythebill.com, and you can download a PDF for offline reading too.
Choose-your-own abbreviations
“Choose-your own abbreviations”

Scythebill uses a simple and powerful method to speed data entry. Instead of memorizing abbreviations or scrolling through long lists, just imagine an abbreviation, type it, and you're done!
Species entry is lightning fast
Species entry is lightning fast!
Powerful reports
Powerful reports sift through your sightings instantaneously.
Automatic geocoding
Automatic "geocoding" can pinpoint birding locations around the world.