Taxacom: Question re Bird Songs

[John Noyes]

Hi Mary,

Have you tried Merlin? See https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmerlin.allaboutbirds.org%2F&data=05%7C02%7Ctaxacom%40lists.ku.edu%7C2ba4b1f039234796578508dd4c0d4b36%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C638750342187216591%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=QcgSaKLlmu1CuH13PPKp4E1a2bnEoHfuJtTlZDDKalk%3D&reserved=0

It is a fantastic app and is free (I think) and remarkably accurate. I have used it all over the place and it has a remarkable accuracy and can identify  virtually all bird species in a cacophony of sound. My favourite one in Europe was identifying a "middle spotted woodpecker" (confirmed  by sight) amongst  at least 10 other species singing at the same time. It also correctly identified the other species.

John

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From: Taxacom <taxacom-bounces at lists.ku.edu> on behalf of Mary Barkworth via Taxacom <taxacom at lists.ku.edu>
Sent: 13 February 2025 01:40
To: Taxacom <taxacom at lists.ku.edu>
Subject: Taxacom: Question re Bird Songs

Is there a site where one could post an audio file, with information on where it was recorded and when, and ask people for help with identification? In other words, an iNaturalist for Bird songs. Someone shared a video of a grassland in part of Somaliland (an unrecognized, independent country on the south side of the Gulf of Aden) with me and what struck me was the number of bird songs.  I shall be asking if anyone can name them, perhaps with a local name, but am curious about an "iBirder" site.

Mary
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