WELCOME TO TERRA

Immerse yourself in natural sound & birdsong

Terra connects you to live wildlife sounds from around the globe

Add a Terra Station

to hear & identify your own backyard birds

Launching with 4 free curated locations in the free app
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Terra is the best bird identification app - play this video to see how it works!
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Free Nature Sounds

Hear exotic birds from
around the world

Listen to bird sounds from the Sandhill Crane in the USA to a baby Toucan on the shores of Panama or a nesting Tropicbird in Bermuda
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start identifying birds by their calls

See bird identification as you listen

The app will identify birds in our free curated locations and your backyard birds* by the bird calls as you listen in real time -it’s like ‘Shazam for birds’
*Terra Station required for your backyard birds

trusted partners

Cellular Tracking Technologies (CTT)

A world-leading manufacturer of wildlife tracking devices who provide the Bird ID technology in Terra

trusted partners

Conservation Science Global

Terra is crowdsourcing conservation in partnership with Conservation Science Global

trusted partners

Scott Whittle

Bird expert, co-author of the best-selling Warbler Guide and app specialist, Scott is a founding partner and director of the Terra project

relax into sound therapy

Enjoy a sound bath

Use natural sounds to reduce anxiety, reduce depression, increase focus, for meditation or to nurture a sense of well-being, and to optimize your health

terra is an educational prodcuct

Make learning fun

Spend family time helping your children learn to love nature and animals and identify birds by bird calls and bird photos
Immediately enjoy the curated locations in the free Terra app to learn about birds, and optionally add a Terra Station to include the birds in your yard

Enjoy Backyard Birding

Bring the outside in

When the app is paired with a Terra Station, you can stream birdsong from your own backyard or garden
Terra is a natural companion to a window bird feeder, it’s a great birdwatching gift and far more immersive and educational than a birdwatching book
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What Terra does at a glance

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Terra App
For listening
  • Stream live birdsong
  • Identify the birds heard
  • Read about ID’d birds
  • Track tagged birds
Terra Station
Mic for your backyard
  • Stream live birdsong
  • Identify the birds heard
  • Read about ID’d birds
  • Track tagged birds &
    in your backyard
  • Hear your yard birds
  • Detect visiting & overhead
    birds
$299.00
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Terra Sensors
Monitor your backyard
  • Collect yard insights
  • Monitor local temperature, humidty and pressure
  • Monitor soil moisture, temperature and light exposure
  • Monitor flooding

$35.00

Terra FOR environmental research & Conservation

Help preserve wildlife
on a global scale

Terra is one of the most revolutionary, community-driven wildlife projects ever created. Terra will anonymously send migration data to researchers and allow them to track species and entire bird populations for the first time, creating a new scientific database and a powerful tool for conservation

Each Terra Station anonymously shares the sounds, radio tracking and environmental data it picks up with a bird conservation database and then compiles and analyzes the data to identify species, number of birds and other information.

Our understanding of how birds migrate, their habitats and stopover points, and the impact of specific human and natural events on populations will be immeasurably increased, with a level of precision never before possible, allowing for more direct and effective conservation efforts.

Find out more about Terra’s approach to research and conservation and how you can get involved to help biodiversity

BIRD HABITAT CURATED LOCATIONS

Cape May, USA
One of the premier birding hotspots in
the United States, Cape May is famous
for its migration and nesting birds.
CURATED LOCATIONFREE

BIRD HABITAT CURATED LOCATIONS

Tambopata Reserve, Peru
Spanning 2,748 square kilometres of
untouched Amazonian Rainforest, this
reserve is known for exceptional biodiversity
CURATED LOCATIONsubscription

BIRD HABITAT CURATED LOCATIONS

Blue Mountains, Australia
A stunning paradise for bird 

enthusiasts, known for it’s dramatic 

scenery and lush landscapes
CURATED LOCATIONsubscription

BIRD HABITAT CURATED LOCATIONS

Tafelkop, South Africa
Biodiverse grassland region attracting many
endemic & migratory bird species such as
Blue Cranes Larks, Pipits and Raptors
CURATED LOCATIONsubscription

FAQs

How does monitoring sounds help conservation efforts?
By tracking the sounds nearby each Terra Station, we can map out bird migration paths and estimate overall populations – since each bird species can be identified by their unique “flight calls” and sound patterns. Previously, scientists and researchers needed to individually mark and track birds – which is far less efficient than using Terra across the globe.
Why listen to nature?
Aside from it being fun? Well for one thing, recent studies have shown that listening to natural sounds can help relax and focus your mind, and reduce stress levels. Connecting to nature can be an almost spiritual experience for many people, and being able to listen while you work, sleep, or just relax is an easy way to get reconnected.
How can you track birds with sound?
Great question! Terra uses a very important characteristic of birds called flight calls. Most birds migrate at night, and when they do they let out periodic little chirps and cheeps - flight calls - that are specific to their species. In other words, they call out their names! So by listening to the sky we can hear exactly what species are flying over, and in what volumes. With a group of Terras, we will be able to accurately track those migrations all over the country, and eventually the world.
How much does the Terra app cost?
The Terra app is FREE to listen to 4 global locations! You can subscribe to add-on locations and extra functionality in later releases
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BACKYARD BIRDING AND CONSERVATION

Stream & identify
the birds in your
‍own backyard

Add a Terra Station to your yard or garden to create your own listening location in the app
You can also help researchers with conservation efforts
Pre-orders start to ship in fall 2024
and will be complete by 31 Oct 2024
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TERRA YARD SENSORS

Monitor your
yard or garden

Terra will connect to your optional sensors that track soil conditions, moisture levels, and weather around the home. Take control wether you're home or not.
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