Birdsong data from Merlin ID app to help global biodiversity project
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is integrating its Merlin bird ID app with the eBird database to enhance global biodiversity monitoring. This project uses machine learning to allow citizen scientists to contribute real-time bird identification data to a massive environmental research platform.
Why it matters
This initiative demonstrates how consumer-facing AI tools can be leveraged for large-scale scientific research and conservation efforts.
A chiffchaff ( Phylloscopus collybita ). The Merlin app uses machine learning to provide an almost instantaneous sound-identification service for birdsong. Photograph: Andyworks/Getty A chiffchaff ( Phylloscopus collybita ). The Merlin app uses machine learning to provide an almost instantaneous sound-identification service for birdsong. Photograph: Andyworks/Getty Birds Birdsong data from Merlin ID app to help global biodiversity project Cornell Lab for Ornithology plans data linkup between app and population monitoring on eBird platform
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