Conservationists are increasingly using autonomous acoustic recorders to determine the
presence/absence and the abundance of bird species. Unlike humans, these recorders can …

This work presented a literature review on animal species and individual identification tools,
as well as animal monitoring capabilities. We gathered the literature to cover different …

In this paper a novel and effective approach for automated audio classification is presented
that is based on the fusion of different sets of features, both visual and acoustic. A number of …

Birds are an important group of animal that ecologist monitor using autonomous recordings
units as an crucial indicator of health of an environment. There is not yet an adequate …

Humans possess the ability to apply previously acquired knowledge to deal with novel
problems quite efficiently. Transfer Learning is inspired by exactly that ability and has been …

Biodiversity monitoring has become a critical task for governments and ecological research
agencies for reducing significant loss of animal species. Existing monitoring methods are …

Songbirds have shown variation in vocalizations across different populations and different
geographical ranges. Such variations can over time lead to divergence in song …

We present a study of buzzing sounds of several common species of bumblebees, with the
focus on automatic classification of bumblebee species and types. Such classification is …

In this work, we investigate bird species identification starting from audio record-ings on
eight quite challenging subsets taken from the LifeClef 2015 bird task contest database, in …

There are about 10,000 to 13,000 different species of birds in the world. Identification of bird
species has been a taxing ordeal for ornithologists and domain experts for decades. Hence …