AI and Bioacoustics: Tracking Biodiversity Progress with BirdNET
summary
BirdNET is an AI system that recognizes 6,000+ bird species by sound and automates terabytes of passive acoustic recordings so manual listening isn’t required. It runs on workstations, mobile phones and on-device solar loggers, processes recordings from SD cards or 24/7 stations, and powers a community platform called BirdWeather for near‑real‑time monitoring. The project is open‑source, supports a GUI and API, and is already deployed in citizen science networks like Don Corals.
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chapters (5)
- 0:00Introduction to BirdNET
- 4:24The Biodiversity Crisis
- 6:21Why Birds and Automation
- 8:25BirdNET Apps and Community
- 10:27Call to Action
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