Xeno-canto
@xeno-canto.bsky.social
20 years ! of sharing open wildlife sounds from around the world. Birds, Grasshoppers, Frogs, Bats, Land Mammals. 12k recordists, 12.95k species, 997k recordings. Open data is not free! Consider a donation https://xeno-canto.org/donate :-)
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Check out pypi.org/project/xeno... where you'll find xcapi: a Python package for downloading animal sounds using the Xeno-canto API. Courtesy: Burooj Ghani (of AvesEcho etc. fame). #bioacoustics
... let's sonify that: xeno-canto.org/species/Myia...
I want someone to make a Merlin app but it's just Mark Catesby's descriptions of birds from 1732.
"This Bird, by its ungrateful brawling Noise, seems at Variance and displeased with all others" is a great field mark
"This Bird, by its ungrateful brawling Noise, seems at Variance and displeased with all others" is a great field mark
November 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
... let's sonify that: xeno-canto.org/species/Myia...
A nice new batch of 700 European Free-tailed Bat recordings from Greece, by Panagiotis Georgiakakis xeno-canto.org/contributor/.... Go, Bats!
November 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
A nice new batch of 700 European Free-tailed Bat recordings from Greece, by Panagiotis Georgiakakis xeno-canto.org/contributor/.... Go, Bats!
... silence no more: xeno-canto.org/species/Amazona-rhodocorytha :-)
November 14, 2025 at 10:10 AM
... silence no more: xeno-canto.org/species/Amazona-rhodocorytha :-)
... check out the latest frog species new to XC here: xeno-canto.org/collection/s.... 714 species represented now. #bioacoustics #frogs
November 14, 2025 at 7:09 AM
... check out the latest frog species new to XC here: xeno-canto.org/collection/s.... 714 species represented now. #bioacoustics #frogs
... another opportunity to sonify this species: xeno-canto.org/403647 . PS. Don't miss the doctored version.
The Slender-billed Curlew was declared extinct in October 2025.
At #AEWAMOP9, delegates paid tribute to it, with this rare taxidermied specimen on view.
Read personal reflections and testimonies from those who searched for, studied, and cared deeply about it: www.unep-aewa.org/en/news/reme...
At #AEWAMOP9, delegates paid tribute to it, with this rare taxidermied specimen on view.
Read personal reflections and testimonies from those who searched for, studied, and cared deeply about it: www.unep-aewa.org/en/news/reme...
November 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
... another opportunity to sonify this species: xeno-canto.org/403647 . PS. Don't miss the doctored version.
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🚨Who wants to work with Kalahari meerkats? A MSc project with @mathildemartin.bsky.social at the University of Zurich.
#bioacoustics 🧪
#bioacoustics 🧪
November 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
🚨Who wants to work with Kalahari meerkats? A MSc project with @mathildemartin.bsky.social at the University of Zurich.
#bioacoustics 🧪
#bioacoustics 🧪
... an acknowledgement of XC's indirect but crucial contribution to this cool effort from @arisenl.bsky.social & @naturalis.bsky.social: "Onze AI voor geluiden werkt, omdat mensen van over de hele wereld geluiden opnamen." Indeed. And, of course by *sharing* those sounds :-)
November 11, 2025 at 6:58 AM
... an acknowledgement of XC's indirect but crucial contribution to this cool effort from @arisenl.bsky.social & @naturalis.bsky.social: "Onze AI voor geluiden werkt, omdat mensen van over de hele wereld geluiden opnamen." Indeed. And, of course by *sharing* those sounds :-)
Panagiotis Georgiakakis has added a nice first batch of some 140 Bat recordings from Crete. #bioacoustics #bats
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Panagiotis Georgiakakis has added a nice first batch of some 140 Bat recordings from Crete. #bioacoustics #bats
... paywalled unfortunately. Let's add some open sonification: xeno-canto.org/explore/taxo...
Our paper on tinamou evolution is finally out in @systbiol.bsky.social. academic.oup.com/sysbio/advan...
November 9, 2025 at 11:41 AM
... paywalled unfortunately. Let's add some open sonification: xeno-canto.org/explore/taxo...
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Today I collected an audio recorder I left in the Fens with the aim of getting some nice Wigeon recordings. Incredibly it also picked up this Richard's Pipit flying through on the morning of 6th November! xeno-canto.org/1053297 #UKBirding
XC1053297 Richard's Pipit (Anthus richardi)
12 flight calls
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November 8, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Today I collected an audio recorder I left in the Fens with the aim of getting some nice Wigeon recordings. Incredibly it also picked up this Richard's Pipit flying through on the morning of 6th November! xeno-canto.org/1053297 #UKBirding
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how about creating an app to identify birds by sound? just to give people who want to ditch merlin - now that trump has cornell in his pocket - an alternative
November 8, 2025 at 6:48 AM
how about creating an app to identify birds by sound? just to give people who want to ditch merlin - now that trump has cornell in his pocket - an alternative
... againn! another species from "Shaun's list" (xeno-canto.org/article/241), of bird species not-yet-sound-recorded has been recorded. Guilherme Melo add's Sladen's Barbet to XC, another endemic from East Africa: xeno-canto.org/species/Gymn... Fantastic.
November 8, 2025 at 6:32 AM
... againn! another species from "Shaun's list" (xeno-canto.org/article/241), of bird species not-yet-sound-recorded has been recorded. Guilherme Melo add's Sladen's Barbet to XC, another endemic from East Africa: xeno-canto.org/species/Gymn... Fantastic.
... and yet another species from "Shaun's list" (xeno-canto.org/article/241), of bird species not-yet-sound-recorded has been recorded. Isaac Kilusu recently added Fine-banded Woodpecker to XC, an endemic from East Africa: xeno-canto.org/species/Camp.... Brilliant.
November 5, 2025 at 6:54 AM
... and yet another species from "Shaun's list" (xeno-canto.org/article/241), of bird species not-yet-sound-recorded has been recorded. Isaac Kilusu recently added Fine-banded Woodpecker to XC, an endemic from East Africa: xeno-canto.org/species/Camp.... Brilliant.
... & let's sonify that: xeno-canto.org/explore?quer...
There are five birds with the word "rainbow" in their names.
Let's meet them.
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Let's meet them.
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November 4, 2025 at 10:33 AM
... & let's sonify that: xeno-canto.org/explore?quer...
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Photos from the #biodcase workshop: https://biodcase.github.io/workshop2025/
BioDCASE Workshop - BioDCASE
Workshop Recap In October 2025 we held the first BioDCASE workshop in person in Barcelona, as a satellite event of the 2025 DCASE workshop. There was a lot of lively discussion of both the current challenges in bioacoustics and their solutions. $(document).on('click', '.img-click', function() { $('#modalImage').attr('src', $(this …
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November 4, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Photos from the #biodcase workshop: https://biodcase.github.io/workshop2025/
... as of yesterday 1000000+ recordings in XC. Incredible. Thanks for sharing everyone!! #bioacoustics
November 4, 2025 at 10:28 AM
... as of yesterday 1000000+ recordings in XC. Incredible. Thanks for sharing everyone!! #bioacoustics
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📢 The call for task proposals for DCASE Challenge 2026 has been published dcase.community/articles/cal... Don't hesitate to contact
@annamariamesaros.bsky.social and @rserizel.bsky.social if you consider organizing a task.
@annamariamesaros.bsky.social and @rserizel.bsky.social if you consider organizing a task.
Call for task proposals for DCASE2026 - DCASE
The DCASE Steering Group invites proposals to organize...
dcase.community
October 31, 2025 at 3:56 PM
📢 The call for task proposals for DCASE Challenge 2026 has been published dcase.community/articles/cal... Don't hesitate to contact
@annamariamesaros.bsky.social and @rserizel.bsky.social if you consider organizing a task.
@annamariamesaros.bsky.social and @rserizel.bsky.social if you consider organizing a task.
Shaun Peters recently updated his list of bird species not yet sound recorded. According to him: 144 species left. Check it out here: xeno-canto.org/article/241 . About 400 species are missing from XC, so there's about 250 that one of you can just add! Go for it.
October 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Shaun Peters recently updated his list of bird species not yet sound recorded. According to him: 144 species left. Check it out here: xeno-canto.org/article/241 . About 400 species are missing from XC, so there's about 250 that one of you can just add! Go for it.
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I’m excited to share that our TABMON project has now a cool website!
TABMON is a new initiative funded by @biodiversa.eu that’s building the first transnational acoustic biodiversity monitoring network in Europe.
👉 See our website and meet the team here: tabmon-eu.nina.no
TABMON is a new initiative funded by @biodiversa.eu that’s building the first transnational acoustic biodiversity monitoring network in Europe.
👉 See our website and meet the team here: tabmon-eu.nina.no
TABMON - TABMON
Building Europe's largest acoustic biodiversity monitoring network using AI-powered autonomous sensors
tabmon-eu.nina.no
October 20, 2025 at 11:30 AM
I’m excited to share that our TABMON project has now a cool website!
TABMON is a new initiative funded by @biodiversa.eu that’s building the first transnational acoustic biodiversity monitoring network in Europe.
👉 See our website and meet the team here: tabmon-eu.nina.no
TABMON is a new initiative funded by @biodiversa.eu that’s building the first transnational acoustic biodiversity monitoring network in Europe.
👉 See our website and meet the team here: tabmon-eu.nina.no
Check out pypi.org/project/xeno... where you'll find xcapi: a Python package for downloading animal sounds using the Xeno-canto API. Courtesy: Burooj Ghani (of AvesEcho etc. fame). #bioacoustics
October 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Check out pypi.org/project/xeno... where you'll find xcapi: a Python package for downloading animal sounds using the Xeno-canto API. Courtesy: Burooj Ghani (of AvesEcho etc. fame). #bioacoustics
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"Unsung Songbirds: Advances in the Study of Corvid Communication" - a new review paper (preprint) https://ecoevorxiv.org/repository/view/10600/ Corvids are amazing, so I'm v pleased to be a small part of this review led by Claudia Wascher and Valerie Dufour. #corvids #bioacoustics
Unsung Songbirds: Advances in the Study of Corvid Communication
ecoevorxiv.org
October 24, 2025 at 8:38 AM
"Unsung Songbirds: Advances in the Study of Corvid Communication" - a new review paper (preprint) https://ecoevorxiv.org/repository/view/10600/ Corvids are amazing, so I'm v pleased to be a small part of this review led by Claudia Wascher and Valerie Dufour. #corvids #bioacoustics
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📢 Open PhD position at our Institute: Bioacoustics / cheetah vocal communication 🐆🎶
You’ll study the cheetah’s high-pitched “chirps” that sound surprisingly like birds 🐦— exploring their acoustic structure and function. 👉 Details and application: www.oeaw.ac.at/jobs?jh=34u4...
You’ll study the cheetah’s high-pitched “chirps” that sound surprisingly like birds 🐦— exploring their acoustic structure and function. 👉 Details and application: www.oeaw.ac.at/jobs?jh=34u4...
October 20, 2025 at 12:52 PM
📢 Open PhD position at our Institute: Bioacoustics / cheetah vocal communication 🐆🎶
You’ll study the cheetah’s high-pitched “chirps” that sound surprisingly like birds 🐦— exploring their acoustic structure and function. 👉 Details and application: www.oeaw.ac.at/jobs?jh=34u4...
You’ll study the cheetah’s high-pitched “chirps” that sound surprisingly like birds 🐦— exploring their acoustic structure and function. 👉 Details and application: www.oeaw.ac.at/jobs?jh=34u4...
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¿Y si las plantas pudieran hablarnos? 🌱
Descubre **“Ultrasonidos de plantas: inteligencia vegetal e IA”**, un encuentro entre arte, ciencia y filosofía.
📍 La Casa Encendida
📅 27 nov, 18:00 h
🎟️ Entrada gratuita
🔗 www.lacasaencendida.es/encuentros/u...
Descubre **“Ultrasonidos de plantas: inteligencia vegetal e IA”**, un encuentro entre arte, ciencia y filosofía.
📍 La Casa Encendida
📅 27 nov, 18:00 h
🎟️ Entrada gratuita
🔗 www.lacasaencendida.es/encuentros/u...
October 20, 2025 at 10:10 PM
¿Y si las plantas pudieran hablarnos? 🌱
Descubre **“Ultrasonidos de plantas: inteligencia vegetal e IA”**, un encuentro entre arte, ciencia y filosofía.
📍 La Casa Encendida
📅 27 nov, 18:00 h
🎟️ Entrada gratuita
🔗 www.lacasaencendida.es/encuentros/u...
Descubre **“Ultrasonidos de plantas: inteligencia vegetal e IA”**, un encuentro entre arte, ciencia y filosofía.
📍 La Casa Encendida
📅 27 nov, 18:00 h
🎟️ Entrada gratuita
🔗 www.lacasaencendida.es/encuentros/u...
... let's sonify that xeno-canto.org/species/Alyt...
Our friend the Catalonian Midwife Toad was first described as a new species in 2021 when it was separated from the Common Midwife Toad! Like other midwife toads, the male protects the eggs by carrying them until they hatch! (photo by Léo Souillard)
October 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
... let's sonify that xeno-canto.org/species/Alyt...