How to play, in one minute

Your goal

Find the hidden macaws. Put a macaw on every tile where one is hiding, and a ✕ on the tiles where no bird can be. When an area is right, it opens up into a real wildlife photo. Finish every area and you've uncovered the whole picture.

You never have to guess. Every puzzle can be worked out from the numbers.

The one rule

A number tells you how many macaws are in the 3×3 square around it.

That square is the number's tile plus the eight tiles touching it. The number's own tile counts too, if a macaw is on it.

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Start with the easy ones

Then look at the numbers next to the ones you've solved. Each one you work out helps with the next. In the corners, a 4 means a macaw on all four tiles, and on an edge, a 6 does.

Mind the outlines

The board is split into areas by thin gold lines. A number only counts the tiles inside its own area.

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Placing macaws and crosses

Press and hold only fills in what the number itself forces. If nothing is forced yet, the number gives a faint pulse to say "not yet". The ✕ marks are your notes, showing which tiles you've ruled out.

Feeling stuck?

• A wobbling tile with a dashed orange outline isn't right. Change it and the wobble stops. There's no red and no telling-off. You can turn this off in Settings (Show mistakes).
• A green ring on a number means everything in its square is right. Numbers fade once they're complete.
• Press Hint. It's free, as many times as you like. It points to a tile you can work out right now.
• Undo takes back your last move, so trying an idea costs nothing.
• Next area jumps to an unfinished area, and Fit shows the whole board.
• The clock is only for fun. You can hide it in Settings.

The first time you play, a short walkthrough has you try each move on a real puzzle. You can replay it from the ? button.

Play again. Finished a photo and want another go? Play it again from the photo card or the toolbar. It stays in your Gallery, and the card keeps your best time.