BirdBuddy

Bird Buddy (Buddy Bird Inc, backed by General Catalyst) makes the world's most recognized smart bird feeder and companion mobile app for discovering and learning about birds. An AI vision-and-sound model identifies bird species from the photos and audio captured by its camera feeders, notifies owners of feathered visitors, and organizes captures into a personal collection with postcards and monthly reports. Bird Buddy does not publish an official public API; the app is powered by a private, account- authenticated GraphQL backend hosted on AWS, which the community has reverse-engineered through the third-party pybirdbuddy Python library and a Home Assistant integration.

BirdBuddy is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Consumer, Consumer Hardware, Smart Home, and IoT.

BirdBuddy’s developer surface includes support, engineering blog, pricing, and 7 more developer resources.

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14.4/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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CompanyConsumerConsumer HardwareSmart HomeIoTBirdingComputer VisionMobile AppGraphQL

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Composite quality — 14.4/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 1.3 / 20

Commercial Clarity 6.3 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Packages

Packages

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

iOSApp

iOSApp

AndroidApp

AndroidApp

Source (apis.yml)

aid: birdbuddy
name: BirdBuddy
description: Bird Buddy (Buddy Bird Inc, backed by General Catalyst) makes the world's most recognized smart bird feeder and
  companion mobile app for discovering and learning about birds. An AI vision-and-sound model identifies bird species from
  the photos and audio captured by its camera feeders, notifies owners of feathered visitors, and organizes captures into
  a personal collection with postcards and monthly reports. Bird Buddy does not publish an official public API; the app is
  powered by a private, account- authenticated GraphQL backend hosted on AWS, which the community has reverse-engineered through
  the third-party pybirdbuddy Python library and a Home Assistant integration.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/birdbuddy/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- general-catalyst
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
image: https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple211/v4/2a/09/e5/2a09e52c-853e-2331-391c-b86c56b57bec/AppIcon-0-0-1x_U007emarketing-0-8-0-85-220.png/512x512bb.jpg
tags:
- Company
- Consumer
- Consumer Hardware
- Smart Home
- IoT
- Birding
- Computer Vision
- Mobile App
- GraphQL
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://mybirdbuddy.com
- type: Support
  url: https://support.mybirdbuddy.com/hc/en-us
- type: Blog
  url: https://blog.mybirdbuddy.com/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://mybirdbuddy.com/shop/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://mybirdbuddy.com/terms-of-service/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://mybirdbuddy.com/privacy-policy/
- type: iOSApp
  url: https://apps.apple.com/app/id1622355240
- type: AndroidApp
  url: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.birdbuddy.app
- type: Packages
  url: packages/birdbuddy-packages.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/birdbuddy-domain-security.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence