AI boosts bird sound identification accuracy

In a study conducted at the University of Helsinki, AI was trained to classify bird sounds with increasing accuracy. The ...
Phys.org

New measurement technique unravels what gives hummingbird wings their characteristic sound

Anna's hummingbird flying in the experimental setup, drinking sugar water from a fake flower. Credit: Lentink Lab / Stanford University. Anna's hummingbird flying in the experimental setup, drinking ...
Science Daily

How hummingbirds hum

Researchers observed hummingbirds using 12 high-speed cameras, 6 pressure plates and 2176 microphones. The soft and complex feathered wings generate sound in a fashion similar to how the simpler wings ...
WRAL

This Hummingbird Chirps Like an Insect. Can It Hear Its Own Sound?

Claudio Mello was conducting research in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest about 20 years ago when he heard a curious sound. It was high-pitched and reedy, like a pin scratching metal. A cricket? A tree frog?
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Buzzing chainsaws, clattering machine guns and metallic hammering: 7 of the weirdest bird noises on Earth

In a clip from David Attenborough 's 1998 BBC TV series Life of Birds, a lyrebird imitates a chainsaw, kookaburra and car ...