Conversational finder / database-backed matches
What Bird Did You See?
Describe it the way you would to a friend — colour, size, where you were, what it was doing. Those details become traits, the traits are scored against the species in BIRDBASE, and every match comes with the reason it is on the list.
Working from
What I know so far
Describe the bird and these fill in as the details are picked out of your sentence.
Tell me what you saw.
Colour, size, where you were, what it was doing, anything it reminded you of. Plain words are fine — I turn them into traits and match them against the database, then ask for one more detail if it is still too broad.