From a scientific perspective it is therefore crucial to monitor bird populations. Now, research could pave the way to an automated bird identification system based on bird calls and song.

“Shazam for bird calls” is a compelling sales pitch, and a difficult technical proposition. It’s much harder for an algorithm to identify animal sounds, in all their wild pied beauty, than ...

Abstract To effectively monitor bird populations, accurate identification of species is critical. However, the reliability of species identification is rarely taken into account or quantified. For ...

And it’s not just about identification: As ably demonstrated by the students in this video from Cornell, birders who take the course also learn to produce bird calls.