Hello! I'm very behind in the state of the art of Bioacoustics. So I wanted to ask what are the models that people and organizations are using?
I'm looking for useful models that can help analyze tons of acoustic data from forests, or marine ecosystems, etc.
14 October 2025 3:25pm
Hi José,
BirdNET is one of the most common ones! The model is open, or there are also no-code interfaces that you can use as well.
Perch is another one (from Google hDeepMind) - good article about it too here.
The OpenSoundscape python package is also great for training your own CNNs.
Jesse Turner
Colorado State University
9 January 2026 3:42pm
Hi Jose,
The links that Carly posted are great resources. Just adding a couple other no-coding-required options to this discussion:
PAMGuard is good for marine bioacoustic classification. It has classifiers already for many species that produce whistles and clicks. It can also be used to create custom classifiers. The program can have a steep learning curve so keep that in mind.
Arbimon is a cloud-based tool for data storage and bioacoustic classification. It has some existing classification models and can be used to create custom ones.
BirdNET Analyzer uses the BirdNET model with an easy to use GUI. Can be used as is or allows for custom classifiers using transfer learning from original BirdNET embeddings.
Cheers,
Jesse
23 April 2026 6:20pm
Hi Jose,
You might be interested in BriteKit, which helps you build bioacoustic recognizers using deep learning.
Carly Batist