The machine learning–powered BirdNET App reduces barriers to global bird research by enabling citizen science participation
Open Access
- 28 June 2022
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Biology
- Vol. 20 (6), e3001670
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001670
Abstract
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.Funding Information
- Jake Holshuh
- Arthur Vining Davis Foundations
- European Union
- European Social Fund for Germany
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (03IPT608X)
- Technische Universität Chemnitz
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