SpeciesViewer

Organize species. Explore collections. Bring biodiversity to life.

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SpeciesViewer is a desktop program for nature photographers who think in species, not in folders. It takes you from a full memory card to a lasting collection: cull and identify your pictures, keep the best of every species in one collection, write up your trips, and — if you want — publish it all as a website.

It works for birds, but just as well for plants, fungi, insects, dragonflies and mammals: every picture is tied to a species name, following the scientific classification, in English, Dutch or the scientific name.

The Biota browser: the collection by order, with a picture and the species count for each — The Biota browser — the whole collection by family, genus and species.

What it does

From card to keepers. Cull a trip of thousands of pictures with colour labels and ratings, and name the species in each — RAW, HEIC and JPG.
On the map. Place every picture from a GPS track, from the position the camera recorded, or by hand.
One collection that lasts. The best pictures of every species you have photographed, with date, place and rating. A better picture replaces a weaker one.
Trips and albums. A page per day with a blog and the species seen; albums for a country, a season or a theme, without copying a picture.
A website, if you want one — on your own server, or only on your computer.
No database. Your collection is plain folders and files, so there is nothing to install and nothing to upgrade.
Works with DxO PhotoLab, for edits, colour labels and high-quality JPGs. PhotoLab is not required.

A trip day: the pictures of one species, and where they were taken — A trip day: every picture of one species, and where it was taken.

A species page on the published website, with names in three languages — A species page on the website.

See a website made with SpeciesViewer: Gilbert's nature photographs.

Free and open

SpeciesViewer is free software under the GNU General Public License, version 3. Questions, ideas and bug reports are welcome at speciesviewer@houtekamer.com.