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Biodiversity monitoring using audio recordings is achievable at a truly global scale via large-scale deployment of inexpensive, unattended recording stations or by large-scale crowdsourcing using recording and species recognition on mobile…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2015-05-26 Timos Papadopoulos , Stephen Roberts , Kathy Willis

This study proposes a method based on fully convolutional neural networks (FCNs) to identify migratory birds from their songs, with the objective of recognizing which birds pass through certain areas and at what time. To determine the best…

We evaluated the effectiveness of an automated bird sound identification system in a situation that emulates a realistic, typical application. We trained classification algorithms on a crowd-sourced collection of bird audio recording data…

Sound · Computer Science 2018-09-06 Timos Papadopoulos , Stephen J. Roberts , Katherine J. Willis

We present a robust classification approach for avian vocalization in complex and diverse soundscapes, achieving second place in the BirdCLEF2021 challenge. We illustrate how to make full use of pre-trained convolutional neural networks, by…

Sound · Computer Science 2021-07-19 Christof Henkel , Pascal Pfeiffer , Philipp Singer

Birds produce multiple types of vocalizations that, together, constitute a vocal repertoire. For some species, the repertoire size is of importance because it informs us about their brain capacity, territory size or social behaviour.…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2023-03-21 Joachim Poutaraud

Reliable identification of bird species in recorded audio files would be a transformative tool for researchers, conservation biologists, and birders. In recent years, artificial neural networks have greatly improved the detection quality of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-04-20 Stefan Kahl , Thomas Wilhelm-Stein , Holger Klinck , Danny Kowerko , Maximilian Eibl

In recent decade, many state-of-the-art algorithms on image classification as well as audio classification have achieved noticeable successes with the development of deep convolutional neural network (CNN). However, most of the works only…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-11-27 Bold Naranchimeg , Chao Zhang , Takuya Akashi

Bird strikes pose a significant threat to aviation safety, often resulting in loss of life, severe aircraft damage, and substantial financial costs. Existing bird strike prevention strategies primarily rely on avian radar systems that…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-10 Elaheh Sabziyan Varnousfaderani , Syed A. M. Shihab , Jonathan King

This paper studies the detection of bird calls in audio segments using stacked convolutional and recurrent neural networks. Data augmentation by blocks mixing and domain adaptation using a novel method of test mixing are proposed and…

Sound · Computer Science 2017-06-08 Sharath Adavanne , Konstantinos Drossos , Emre Çakır , Tuomas Virtanen

Saving rainforests is a key to halting adverse climate changes. In this paper, we introduce an innovative solution built on acoustic surveillance and machine learning technologies to help rainforest conservation. In particular, We propose…

Sound · Computer Science 2019-08-22 Yuan Liu , Zhongwei Cheng , Jie Liu , Bourhan Yassin , Zhe Nan , Jiebo Luo

As the technology is advancing, audio recognition in machine learning is improved as well. Research in audio recognition has traditionally focused on speech. Living creatures (especially the small ones) are part of the whole ecosystem,…

Sound · Computer Science 2018-10-23 Siddhardha Balemarthy , Atul Sajjanhar , James Xi Zheng

We present a multi-modal Deep Neural Network (DNN) approach for bird song identification. The presented approach takes both audio samples and metadata as input. The audio is fed into a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) using four…

Sound · Computer Science 2018-11-13 Botond Fazeka , Alexander Schindler , Thomas Lidy , Andreas Rauber

Recognition and interpretation of bird vocalizations are pivotal in ornithological research and ecological conservation efforts due to their significance in understanding avian behaviour, performing habitat assessment and judging ecological…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-30 Yashwardhan Chaudhuri , Paridhi Mundra , Arnesh Batra , Orchid Chetia Phukan , Arun Balaji Buduru

Bird species classification has received more and more attention in the field of computer vision, for its promising applications in biology and environmental studies. Recognizing bird species is difficult due to the challenges of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-10-12 Sourya Dipta Das , Akash Kumar

This paper addresses the problem of species classification in bird song recordings. The massive amount of available field recordings of birds presents an opportunity to use machine learning to automatically track bird populations. However,…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-08 Tom Denton , Scott Wisdom , John R. Hershey

It is easier to hear birds than see them, however, they still play an essential role in nature and they are excellent indicators of deteriorating environmental quality and pollution. Recent advances in Machine Learning and Convolutional…

Sound · Computer Science 2021-07-13 Marcos V. Conde , Kumar Shubham , Prateek Agnihotri , Nitin D. Movva , Szilard Bessenyei

Birdsong often contains large amounts of rapid frequency modulation (FM). It is believed that the use or otherwise of FM is adaptive to the acoustic environment, and also that there are specific social uses of FM such as trills in…

Sound · Computer Science 2015-09-22 Dan Stowell , Mark D. Plumbley

Identifying sequences of syllables within birdsongs is key to tackling a wide array of challenges, including bird individual identification and better understanding of animal communication and sensory-motor learning. Recently, machine…

Sound · Computer Science 2025-09-27 Mélisande Teng , Julien Boussard , David Rolnick , Hugo Larochelle

Acoustic classification of frogs has gotten a lot of attention recently due to its potential applicability in ecological investigations. Numerous studies have been presented for identifying frog species, although the majority of recorded…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-12-13 Miriam Alabi

Automatic identification of animal species by their vocalization is an important and challenging task. Although many kinds of audio monitoring system have been proposed in the literature, they suffer from several disadvantages such as…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-02-25 Weitao Xu , Xiang Zhang , Lina Yao , Wanli Xue , Bo Wei