Icons & Controls¶

This page explains the recurring controls and symbols used throughout BirdNET Live. The labels below match the controls exactly as they appear in the app.

Mode Icons¶

These are the same icon shapes used in the app. Icons here inherit the text color; app colors vary with the theme, dynamic color, and high contrast.

Live
Point Count
Survey
ARU Mode
File Analysis
Batch Analysis (Coming Soon)

Control	Where you see it	What it does
Settings	Home footer, Live, Point Count, Survey, File Analysis, Session Review	Opens Settings. In mode screens, it opens the settings most relevant to that workflow.
Explore	Home footer	Opens Explore.
Library	Home footer	Opens Session Library.
Help	Home footer, Explore header, Survey dashboard, Session Review toolbar	Opens Help or a screen-specific help sheet.
Info / About	Home footer, info bars, help sheets	Shows general information or summary context.
Back	Live Mode	Returns to the previous screen.
Open external	About screen, documentation links	Opens an external page such as the online User Guide.
Back to top	Help screen	Returns to the introduction and section shortcuts. Appears after scrolling down.
Donate	About screen	Opens the BirdNET donation page.

Weather Symbols¶

Control	Meaning
Clear	Clear sky.
Partly cloudy	Sun and cloud for mainly clear or partly cloudy weather.
Overcast	Full cloud cover.
Fog	Fog or depositing rime fog.
Drizzle	Light precipitation.
Rain	Rain or rain showers.
Snow	Snow or snow showers.
Thunderstorm	Thunderstorm conditions.

Start, Stop, and Session Controls¶

Control	Meaning
Mic	Start live listening.
Stop	Stop an active recording, point count, or survey.
Play	Start a configured setup flow or resume from a paused-ready state.
Close / Cancel	Cancel an active file analysis from the header or the progress screen.
Timer	Duration or time remaining.
Error	Model or processing error.

Location and Time Controls¶

Control	Meaning
Current location	Use the device's current GPS position.
Manual coordinates	Enter coordinates manually.
No location	Skip location or show that location is unavailable.
Has location	Confirm a location, show coordinates, or label a mapped session.
Refresh	Re-read the current location or refresh a prediction list.
Map picker	Pick coordinates from the map picker.
Date	Set or display a date.
Clear	Remove a selected date.

Explore and Species Symbols¶

Control	Meaning
Species thumbnail	Bundled image for the species when available.
Confidence or geo-model percentage badge	A quick numeric summary of model output. Higher numbers indicate stronger support within that screen's context.
Monthly labels (`Jan`, `Apr`, `Jul`, `Oct`, `Dec`)	Reference points on the weekly expected-frequency chart in the species overlay.

Per-Detection Actions¶

These controls appear on every detection row across the app — Session Review species list, the clip player sheet, the live survey detection list, and survey map markers. See Session Review → Per-detection actions for the full behavior.

Control	Meaning
Confirm	One-tap checkmark that flags a detection as visually or acoustically verified. Confirmed detections gain a small green check on cluster rows and map markers.
More	Opens the per-detection overflow with Share detection, Replace species, Delete detection, and Delete species.
Share detection	Shares one detection through the platform share sheet, attaching the audio clip whenever one is available — including a slice of the in-progress recording during a live survey.
Replace species	Pick a different species for this detection. Also opens by swiping a review row to the left.
Delete detection	Removes the row immediately. An undo SnackBar appears for a few seconds. Also triggered by swiping a review row to the right.
Delete species	Removes every detection of that species from the session in one shot, with the same SnackBar undo.
Heard	On a manually added detection: you heard the bird. Set from the checkbox on the confirmation sheet shown after picking a species.
Seen	On a manually added detection: you saw the bird. Both glyphs together mean heard and seen.

These controls are used on the Session Review screen.

Control	Meaning
Add	Add content, such as a species or annotation.
Undo / Redo	Step backward or forward through review edits.
Trim	Enter trim mode or show that trim mode is active.
Save	Save review changes.
Share	Export or share the session.
Delete	Discard the session.
Continue	Continue an unfinished survey from Session Review when that action is available.

Screen-Specific Status Bars¶

Live Mode¶

The Live info bar uses followed by compact labels such as:

now — detections currently visible in the live list
spp — unique species count
det — total detections
duration and estimated recording size when recording is active

Point Count¶

The point-count timer bar combines Stop, Timer, and a progress bar to show the remaining timed session.

Survey¶

The survey dashboard uses:

Map — live map tab
Spectrogram — spectrogram tab
Summary — summary tab
stats labels in the survey summary view

When in Doubt¶

If you are unsure what a control does, open the nearest Help sheet in the app, or check the workflow page for that screen in this user guide.