BirdsAroundWorld.com: a free 3D bird globe for kids

BirdsAroundWorld.com is a free 3D globe for kids aged 5 to 12 where each dot is a real bird living in the wild. Kids tap a bird to see a photo, hear its real call, learn what it eats and how rare it is, and add it to their collection. There are more than 1,000 bird species, with no ads, no payments and no accounts.

What kids can do

Frequently asked questions

What is BirdsAroundWorld.com?

BirdsAroundWorld.com is a free 3D globe for kids aged 5 to 12. Each dot on the globe is a real bird sitting where it lives in the wild. Kids spin the globe, tap a bird, see a photo, hear its real call, learn what it eats and how rare it is, and collect it.

How many birds are on the globe?

More than 1,000 bird species from every continent, including more than 850 with a real recorded call, and hundreds of Critically Endangered, Endangered and Extinct birds.

Is BirdsAroundWorld.com free and safe for kids?

Yes. It is free, has no ads, no payments and no accounts. Kids are never asked for a name, email or age. Progress is saved only in the browser on the child's own device. Visits are counted anonymously with Cloudflare Web Analytics, which sets no cookies.

What can kids do on the site?

They can zoom into a 3D globe, filter birds by what they eat, how endangered they are or the country they live in, meet a new Bird of the Day, collect birds in their own collection, and play two games: guess where a bird lives, and name the bird from its call.

Where does the information come from?

Conservation status comes from the IUCN Red List (via Wikidata). Diets come from the EltonTraits 1.0 database (Wilman et al. 2014). Countries come from GBIF bird sightings. Photos come from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons. Bird calls come from the Xeno-canto community under Creative Commons licences, and every recordist is credited.

Browse all birds

See the full list of more than 1,000 birds, each with where it lives, what it eats, its conservation status and its call.

Data sources: IUCN Red List, EltonTraits 1.0, GBIF, Xeno-canto, Wikipedia, Natural Earth. Last updated .

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