Ilaria Morandi
@ilamora.bsky.social
PhD student @prfju.bsky.social @bioacousticai | Bioacoustics & bird conservation | Currently stalking Yellowhammers for science 🐤🔨🎶
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Ilaria Morandi
@ilamora.bsky.social
· May 28
Me in a nutshell 🐣🎙️
I’m an Italian biologist in Czechia, spying on animals with microphones (aka #PassiveAcousticMonitoring).
Currently working with @kming25.bsky.social on Yellowhammers (the “a little bit of bread and no cheese” bird 🐤🎶).
Basically: Birds, weird sounds, and way too much data.
I’m an Italian biologist in Czechia, spying on animals with microphones (aka #PassiveAcousticMonitoring).
Currently working with @kming25.bsky.social on Yellowhammers (the “a little bit of bread and no cheese” bird 🐤🎶).
Basically: Birds, weird sounds, and way too much data.
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Call for tasks! BioDCASE 2026:
https://biodcase.github.io/challenge2026/ (deadline 8th Jan - please share) #bioacoustics
https://biodcase.github.io/challenge2026/ (deadline 8th Jan - please share) #bioacoustics
BioDCASE Challenge - BioDCASE
Call for Task Proposals Submission are now open for 2026 The BioDCASE organisers invite proposals to organise tasks for the 2026 BioDCASE Challenge. This follows the success first year of BioDCASE. Task proposals follow the same format and selection criterion as DCASE: 1) scientific and technological importance of a task …
biodcase.github.io
November 26, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Call for tasks! BioDCASE 2026:
https://biodcase.github.io/challenge2026/ (deadline 8th Jan - please share) #bioacoustics
https://biodcase.github.io/challenge2026/ (deadline 8th Jan - please share) #bioacoustics
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You can watch the live stream of #biodcase! Here: https://dcase.community/workshop2025/live-stream
DCASE2025 Live Stream - DCASE
Live Stream Most of DCASE2025 Workshop sessions happening at the Auditorium of UPF will be live-streamed at this page. Check the schedule for details about the different sessions. video#video-player1134442278 { position: relative; display: block; width: 100%; margin-bottom: 2em; } @media (max-width: 978px) { video#video-player1134442278 { display: block !important; } } if (IVSPlayer.isPlayerSupported) { const …
dcase.community
October 29, 2025 at 8:47 AM
You can watch the live stream of #biodcase! Here: https://dcase.community/workshop2025/live-stream
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Make your science heard 🎙️🌍
Join our second outreach workshop on 14 Nov #ABL2025 at 12:00 GMT, with oceanographer, marine ecologist & communicator Sakina-Dorothée Ayata, sharing how to choose the right media for the right audience.
Free registration ➡️ ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
Join our second outreach workshop on 14 Nov #ABL2025 at 12:00 GMT, with oceanographer, marine ecologist & communicator Sakina-Dorothée Ayata, sharing how to choose the right media for the right audience.
Free registration ➡️ ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
October 28, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Make your science heard 🎙️🌍
Join our second outreach workshop on 14 Nov #ABL2025 at 12:00 GMT, with oceanographer, marine ecologist & communicator Sakina-Dorothée Ayata, sharing how to choose the right media for the right audience.
Free registration ➡️ ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
Join our second outreach workshop on 14 Nov #ABL2025 at 12:00 GMT, with oceanographer, marine ecologist & communicator Sakina-Dorothée Ayata, sharing how to choose the right media for the right audience.
Free registration ➡️ ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
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The effectiveness of ecoacoustic indices in representing bird species richness relies on technical parameters | www.sciencedirect.co... | Ecological Informatics | #ornithology 🪶
The effectiveness of ecoacoustic indices in representing bird species richness relies on technical parameters
Ecoacoustic indices have been proposed as proxies for diversity measures such as species richness, however, their effectiveness remains a subject of o…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:59 AM
The effectiveness of ecoacoustic indices in representing bird species richness relies on technical parameters | www.sciencedirect.co... | Ecological Informatics | #ornithology 🪶
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Looking for a PhD? 🦜
Interested in ornithology, animal behaviour, bioacoustics?
I am advertising a PhD on vocal communication in ring-necked parakeets tinyurl.com/44a3hcnz
Eligible candidates are encouraged to apply for University of Salford Widening Participation Scholarships tinyurl.com/4wtzzh3z
Interested in ornithology, animal behaviour, bioacoustics?
I am advertising a PhD on vocal communication in ring-necked parakeets tinyurl.com/44a3hcnz
Eligible candidates are encouraged to apply for University of Salford Widening Participation Scholarships tinyurl.com/4wtzzh3z
Genetic and Acoustic Diversity in an Invasive Parrot at University of Salford on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Genetic and Acoustic Diversity in an Invasive Parrot at University of Salford, listed on FindAPhD.com
tinyurl.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Looking for a PhD? 🦜
Interested in ornithology, animal behaviour, bioacoustics?
I am advertising a PhD on vocal communication in ring-necked parakeets tinyurl.com/44a3hcnz
Eligible candidates are encouraged to apply for University of Salford Widening Participation Scholarships tinyurl.com/4wtzzh3z
Interested in ornithology, animal behaviour, bioacoustics?
I am advertising a PhD on vocal communication in ring-necked parakeets tinyurl.com/44a3hcnz
Eligible candidates are encouraged to apply for University of Salford Widening Participation Scholarships tinyurl.com/4wtzzh3z
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Supervisors who invest in positive mentoring relationships with their PhD candidates also reap the benefits for their own research
go.nature.com/4hriohE
go.nature.com/4hriohE
What makes PhD students happy? Good supervision
Supervisors who invest in positive mentoring relationships with their PhD candidates also reap the benefits for their own research.
go.nature.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Supervisors who invest in positive mentoring relationships with their PhD candidates also reap the benefits for their own research
go.nature.com/4hriohE
go.nature.com/4hriohE
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We invite you to share your experiences with language barriers at academic conferences. Your insights will help shape more inclusive and multilingual events across disciplines and formats.
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September 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
🌍 Have you experienced language barriers at academic conferences, or not at all?
We want to hear from everyone to better understand how language shapes participation and accessibility.
📝 Take our short survey and help make conferences more inclusive and multilingual:
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📝 Take our short survey and help make conferences more inclusive and multilingual:
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Interested in a PhD in ornithology? Funding available for projects at the interface of ecology, behaviour & evolution from Oct '26 working on long-term population studies of tits at Wytham, based in @biology.ox.ac.uk in the new Life & Mind Building in Oxford
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
October 20, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Interested in a PhD in ornithology? Funding available for projects at the interface of ecology, behaviour & evolution from Oct '26 working on long-term population studies of tits at Wytham, based in @biology.ox.ac.uk in the new Life & Mind Building in Oxford
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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🗣️What makes music and language exclusively human?
🐾How do other animals communicate?
🎶Do they perceive melodies and rhythms as we do?
🎧ACOUSTIC WORLD is a podcast to explore bioacoustics and find answers to these and more questions.
Because the world has always spoken, you just need to listen!
🐾How do other animals communicate?
🎶Do they perceive melodies and rhythms as we do?
🎧ACOUSTIC WORLD is a podcast to explore bioacoustics and find answers to these and more questions.
Because the world has always spoken, you just need to listen!
October 17, 2025 at 9:55 AM
🗣️What makes music and language exclusively human?
🐾How do other animals communicate?
🎶Do they perceive melodies and rhythms as we do?
🎧ACOUSTIC WORLD is a podcast to explore bioacoustics and find answers to these and more questions.
Because the world has always spoken, you just need to listen!
🐾How do other animals communicate?
🎶Do they perceive melodies and rhythms as we do?
🎧ACOUSTIC WORLD is a podcast to explore bioacoustics and find answers to these and more questions.
Because the world has always spoken, you just need to listen!
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🦅PhD position 🦅 in my new group at @fbm-unil.bsky.social in Switzerland, studying how the social and resource landscapes shape the learning process for soaring flight. Deadline: Oct 30. Pls repost! career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...
October 6, 2025 at 5:56 AM
🦅PhD position 🦅 in my new group at @fbm-unil.bsky.social in Switzerland, studying how the social and resource landscapes shape the learning process for soaring flight. Deadline: Oct 30. Pls repost! career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...
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New preprint! 🪶
We analysed 60 years of data on 83,000+ great tits to show how extreme climate impacts on nestling growth and survival are stage-specific and context-dependent 🐣 🌍🔥❄️
With @davididiaquez.bsky.social @iremsepil.bsky.social @sheldonbirds.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We analysed 60 years of data on 83,000+ great tits to show how extreme climate impacts on nestling growth and survival are stage-specific and context-dependent 🐣 🌍🔥❄️
With @davididiaquez.bsky.social @iremsepil.bsky.social @sheldonbirds.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
October 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
New preprint! 🪶
We analysed 60 years of data on 83,000+ great tits to show how extreme climate impacts on nestling growth and survival are stage-specific and context-dependent 🐣 🌍🔥❄️
With @davididiaquez.bsky.social @iremsepil.bsky.social @sheldonbirds.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We analysed 60 years of data on 83,000+ great tits to show how extreme climate impacts on nestling growth and survival are stage-specific and context-dependent 🐣 🌍🔥❄️
With @davididiaquez.bsky.social @iremsepil.bsky.social @sheldonbirds.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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🎓 Offre de stage #bioacoustics
BioPhonia et auddicé Biodiversité recherchent un·e stagiaire de M2 pour un projet inédit : Comparer les points d’écoute et les approches bioacoustiques pour évaluer les communautés d’oiseaux et la fonctionnalité des habitats.
🔗 : sfecologie.org/offre/stage-...
BioPhonia et auddicé Biodiversité recherchent un·e stagiaire de M2 pour un projet inédit : Comparer les points d’écoute et les approches bioacoustiques pour évaluer les communautés d’oiseaux et la fonctionnalité des habitats.
🔗 : sfecologie.org/offre/stage-...
October 15, 2025 at 10:54 AM
🎓 Offre de stage #bioacoustics
BioPhonia et auddicé Biodiversité recherchent un·e stagiaire de M2 pour un projet inédit : Comparer les points d’écoute et les approches bioacoustiques pour évaluer les communautés d’oiseaux et la fonctionnalité des habitats.
🔗 : sfecologie.org/offre/stage-...
BioPhonia et auddicé Biodiversité recherchent un·e stagiaire de M2 pour un projet inédit : Comparer les points d’écoute et les approches bioacoustiques pour évaluer les communautés d’oiseaux et la fonctionnalité des habitats.
🔗 : sfecologie.org/offre/stage-...
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Women, non-native English speakers & those form low-income countries are disadvantaged in science but by how much? We found that women with non-English first languages from low-income countries publish up to 70% fewer in English than their counterparts. 1/5
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
#languagebarriers
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
#languagebarriers
September 19, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Women, non-native English speakers & those form low-income countries are disadvantaged in science but by how much? We found that women with non-English first languages from low-income countries publish up to 70% fewer in English than their counterparts. 1/5
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
#languagebarriers
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
#languagebarriers
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Is passive acoustic monitoring worth it for terrestrial mammals? 🎙️🐨
We find it's not the one for all solution, but for vocal species, yes! It's highly effective & saves lots of time and money, especially in the long-term.
Find out more: doi.org/10.1111/2041... 🔈🦊🧪🌎 @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social
We find it's not the one for all solution, but for vocal species, yes! It's highly effective & saves lots of time and money, especially in the long-term.
Find out more: doi.org/10.1111/2041... 🔈🦊🧪🌎 @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social
Sensors versus surveyors: Comparing passive acoustic monitoring, camera trapping and observer‐based monitoring for terrestrial mammals
Mammals play vital roles in ecological communities, but many are in rapid decline worldwide. Comprehensive monitoring of mammal populations is crucial for effective conservation, but large-scale m...
doi.org
October 14, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Is passive acoustic monitoring worth it for terrestrial mammals? 🎙️🐨
We find it's not the one for all solution, but for vocal species, yes! It's highly effective & saves lots of time and money, especially in the long-term.
Find out more: doi.org/10.1111/2041... 🔈🦊🧪🌎 @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social
We find it's not the one for all solution, but for vocal species, yes! It's highly effective & saves lots of time and money, especially in the long-term.
Find out more: doi.org/10.1111/2041... 🔈🦊🧪🌎 @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social
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BIRDBASE, a new publicly available dataset, brings together "ecological and life history traits for 11,589 bird species across 254 families." #ornithology
Explore a bird database with 11,500 species
Twenty-six years ago, a PhD student's unanswered question sparked a bird data revolution.
www.popsci.com
October 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
BIRDBASE, a new publicly available dataset, brings together "ecological and life history traits for 11,589 bird species across 254 families." #ornithology
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Decoding Owl Calls: Refining Occupancy Inference From Passive Acoustic Monitoring | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology #RaptorResearch 🪶
October 13, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Decoding Owl Calls: Refining Occupancy Inference From Passive Acoustic Monitoring | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology #RaptorResearch 🪶
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Faculty of Science, USB, České Budějovice, Czechia offers a two-year research-oriented Master's study in Ecology.
prf.jcu.cz/ecology
Application deadline: 31 October 2025.
Tuition fee:
EU citizens: 500 CZK per year (≈ 20 EUR)
Non-EU: 12000 CZK per year (≈ 480 EUR)
prf.jcu.cz/ecology
Application deadline: 31 October 2025.
Tuition fee:
EU citizens: 500 CZK per year (≈ 20 EUR)
Non-EU: 12000 CZK per year (≈ 480 EUR)
October 10, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Faculty of Science, USB, České Budějovice, Czechia offers a two-year research-oriented Master's study in Ecology.
prf.jcu.cz/ecology
Application deadline: 31 October 2025.
Tuition fee:
EU citizens: 500 CZK per year (≈ 20 EUR)
Non-EU: 12000 CZK per year (≈ 480 EUR)
prf.jcu.cz/ecology
Application deadline: 31 October 2025.
Tuition fee:
EU citizens: 500 CZK per year (≈ 20 EUR)
Non-EU: 12000 CZK per year (≈ 480 EUR)
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The Local Organizing Commitee welcomes behavioral ecologists from across the world and of all career stages to enjoy a five-day meeting rich in top-notch science and ample networking opportunities in Turin (Italy), 20-24 July 2026.
June 28, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The Local Organizing Commitee welcomes behavioral ecologists from across the world and of all career stages to enjoy a five-day meeting rich in top-notch science and ample networking opportunities in Turin (Italy), 20-24 July 2026.
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New blog! "How animals stay together through sound" https://bioacousticai.eu/how-animals-stay-together-through-sound/ #bioacoustics #animalbehavior
How animals stay together through sound
bioacousticai.eu
October 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
New blog! "How animals stay together through sound" https://bioacousticai.eu/how-animals-stay-together-through-sound/ #bioacoustics #animalbehavior
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September 9, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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⚠️ Deadline extended— submit by Sept. 5th!
There is still time to apply to be a part of the AI and Non-Human Animal Communication workshop at @neuripsconf.bsky.social.
🔗 Learn more & apply: aiforanimalcomms.org
There is still time to apply to be a part of the AI and Non-Human Animal Communication workshop at @neuripsconf.bsky.social.
🔗 Learn more & apply: aiforanimalcomms.org
August 28, 2025 at 2:58 PM
⚠️ Deadline extended— submit by Sept. 5th!
There is still time to apply to be a part of the AI and Non-Human Animal Communication workshop at @neuripsconf.bsky.social.
🔗 Learn more & apply: aiforanimalcomms.org
There is still time to apply to be a part of the AI and Non-Human Animal Communication workshop at @neuripsconf.bsky.social.
🔗 Learn more & apply: aiforanimalcomms.org
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New Sonic Connexions event coming up on August 12! 🧪🔉#bioacoustics
Register here:
whoi-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Register here:
whoi-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
July 31, 2025 at 4:11 AM
New Sonic Connexions event coming up on August 12! 🧪🔉#bioacoustics
Register here:
whoi-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Register here:
whoi-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Last chance to book on this free webinar from @wildersensing.com 'AI-powered Bioacoustics with BirdNET'. Two fantastic talks are lined up. Booking essential.
🧪 #ornithology #AI #bioacoustics #ecologist #ornithologist #ecology
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1389440637...
🧪 #ornithology #AI #bioacoustics #ecologist #ornithologist #ecology
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1389440637...
AI-powered Bioacoustics with BirdNET
Join us for an exciting webinar exploring how AI is transforming biodiversity monitoring and conservation through bioacoustics.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
July 1, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Last chance to book on this free webinar from @wildersensing.com 'AI-powered Bioacoustics with BirdNET'. Two fantastic talks are lined up. Booking essential.
🧪 #ornithology #AI #bioacoustics #ecologist #ornithologist #ecology
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1389440637...
🧪 #ornithology #AI #bioacoustics #ecologist #ornithologist #ecology
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1389440637...
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First day in @jjbioacoustique.bsky.social , Vernon, France: My talk about "Song individuality and geographic variation in Yellowhammers" successfully done!🎶
Tune in keep updated for the work of @ilamora.bsky.social @cangonin.bsky.social from our @bioacousticai.sigmoid.social.ap.brid.gy team✨️
Tune in keep updated for the work of @ilamora.bsky.social @cangonin.bsky.social from our @bioacousticai.sigmoid.social.ap.brid.gy team✨️
June 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
First day in @jjbioacoustique.bsky.social , Vernon, France: My talk about "Song individuality and geographic variation in Yellowhammers" successfully done!🎶
Tune in keep updated for the work of @ilamora.bsky.social @cangonin.bsky.social from our @bioacousticai.sigmoid.social.ap.brid.gy team✨️
Tune in keep updated for the work of @ilamora.bsky.social @cangonin.bsky.social from our @bioacousticai.sigmoid.social.ap.brid.gy team✨️