PLoS Biology (Jun 2022)

The machine learning-powered BirdNET App reduces barriers to global bird research by enabling citizen science participation.

  • Connor M Wood,
  • Stefan Kahl,
  • Ashakur Rahaman,
  • Holger Klinck

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001670
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 20, no. 6
p. e3001670

Abstract

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The BirdNET App, a free bird sound identification app for Android and iOS that includes over 3,000 bird species, reduces barriers to citizen science while generating tens of millions of bird observations globally that can be used to replicate known patterns in avian ecology.