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APP YOUR BOOK
Over the years we have worked with various scientific institutions all over the world to improve existing species identification keys. The keys were either developed independently by Sunbird’s biologists or in close collaboration with taxonomists and experts in the concurrent field. With new digital field guides rapidly emerging new ways of identifying taxa using all possible ways to narrow down species become essential. With ornithologists, entomologists, botanists in our team and a thorough understanding of lesser known taxa we can offer biological and taxonomical expertise most app development companies lack.
We would be looking forward to discussing possible projects with you.
Project
Digitalisation of the book
“Caterpillars of Eastern North America“
Princeton University Press
Together with Princeton University Press we developed the idea to produce an app-based manual identification key from David Wagner’s field guide book “Caterpillars of Eastern North America” with 576 caterpillar species.
The difficulty of the project was that an identification key had to be developed that…
Project
Turn a field guide book into an app suitable for identification purposes
Develop a digital identification key from scratch
Address layman as well as experts and scientists
Sunbird apps
Caterpillar Id USA East CoastThe ultimate digital pocket guide
A combined effort of Prof. Wagner, the editorial team of princeton university press and Sunbird biology experts
Challenges
Id key should be understandable for the lay person
Id key should also make sense for professionals such as scientists
Morbei et leo condimentum
identification key
Superb color images
Superb color images
Each of the 576 species is illustrated with 1 to 4 photos, with most of the main pictures showing the full-grown caterpillar, and other photos showing color variations and, for 383 species, the adult butterfly or moth as well. An abundance of information is given for each species, including taxonomy, description, occurrence, food, and additional interesting facts. All species are listed by their scientific and common names and can easily be compared by browsing according to their taxonomic classification.