Hi
When I wish to identify a song, I switch on my Sound Hound app. Does a comparable app for Australian birds exist ? I use an Android.
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I am not sure if there is such a thing, but personally I am pretty familiar with all my local bird calls. (well, most of them).
You may want to join either of these Facebook groups
eBird Australia
or Birding-Aus or something like it.
Alternatively, you could e-mail this list: birding-aus@birding-aus.org
Good luck
Not that I'm aware of. Maybe that a market for you to get into??
There's the Michael Morcombe eGuide to Australian Birds app which can be downloaded onto your phone.
It doesn't recognise bird calls but has bird calls for you to reference.
Also has pictures, info, maps & even nests of birds to help you identify.
Hope this helps
Cheers
Devon
Many thanks canon and devs for your help. I will look into your resources. The MM app sounds great.
In the meantime, I will try to record a particular bird call which fascinates me in the morning.
The short answer is, No, there isn't anything to automatically identify bird calls for Australian birds. There was some discussion on this issue on the birding-aus forum, you can search the archives here:-.
http://bioacoustics.cse.unsw.edu.au/birding-aus/
From memory, in the US they are working on it, but for a variety of reasons, it is very difficult.
Yeah, because birds have a variety of different calls and even the same call can be different in other States, it makes it difficult.
You can always record it and post it on here.
A lot of these guys are very good when it comes to identifying bird calls.
Once you get to know the birds in your local area and their calls you'll be surprised how often you hear them.
That's very interesting Steve and devs, I didn't know about the different calls.
This bird didn't call again but I will make sure I record it.
Each extra call I recognise does add to my enjoyment of the dawn chorus.
Yes it's amazing how these birds are so prevalent throughout the locality.
xeno-canto is a great resource for with a wide range of calls for lots of species: http://www.xeno-canto.org/
does anyone know of any guides/other resources that specify whether there are other birds with similar calls for whatever bird you look up?
Ryu
Canberra
Aiming for DSLR-quality shots with a bridge camera
HelloBirdy, what a terrific web-site ! I've just joined and uploaded a call for identification.