Typing a Species Name to View

The Field Guide shows you the species name in a tab near the top left side of the page. In Windows you will see multiple tabs if you opened more than one Field Guide page.

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The Field Guide view will automatically open to the species you were viewing the last time you used the program. You can click the small arrow to the right of the bird’s name to show a drop-down list containing all the bird names. Then scroll up or down the list to find another bird. Use the scroll bar or use the scroll wheel on your mouse to do this. Click a bird’s name to view the new bird. The Field Guide view for that new bird will appear in a few seconds.

You may also type in the birds’ name. You should first click inside the box and highlight the words already in the box. The box will turn blue. Then anything you type will overwrite the old name that was there.

The program scrolls automatically to the first name that matches what you are typing, similar to auto-completion in many applications such as e-mail.

For example, if you sort by Common Name using taxonomic order and you want to see Northern Mockingbird, highlight the Bird Name box then start typing. In Windows, the birds that begin with “N will appear just below the box. Continue typing to see birds that begin with “Northern”. You can scroll up and down to find your bird or continue typing. After typing “Northern M” the Northern Mockingbird will be the only bird that appears. Click the bird’s name to view the bird.

In Mac, the drop-down list will show all birds, but it will jump to the first bird that matches whatever you have typed so far. Northern Shoveler will appear as you type the word Northern. After you type Northern M, the first bird on the drop-down list will be Northern Mockingbird.

If a match is found, you can click on the bird’s name. You can also type in the entire name and hit Enter on your keyboard,

If the bird you want does not appear, consider these factors: