A paper on the R package WarbleR just appeared. Marcelo Arayas and Grace Smith explain how the package can be used to obtain automated access to the database and perform all kinds of computations with the data. As the paper writes: 'The package [allows] displaying the geographic extent of the recordings, manipulating sound files, detecting acoustic signals or importing detected signals from other software, assessing performance of methods that measure acoustic similarity, conducting cross-correlations, measuring acoustic parameters and analysing interactive vocal signals, among others.' The package is frequently updated, for example with the song catalogues illustrated here.
WarbleR : computations with XC data
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Wow, Gilles Willem adds two bird species new for XC from Somaliland in Somalia: Somali Wheatear and the quite range restricted Somali Thrush. There are very few recordings from Somalia on XC. Also, they were the last Oenanthe and the last Turdus without recordings on XC. Fantastic contribution. Thanks for sharing Gilles!
Fernando Igor de Godoy is another long term contributor of XC. He has just passed his 1000th species, all from Brazil. Thanks for sharing, Fernando!
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.... for a limited set of Bats, the European Bats, names in quite a few common languages are now available on XC. Many thanks to Ulf Elman for some pushing an pulling and for linking us to Magnus Gelang from the Natural History Museum in Gothenburg. Magnus came up with the lists that we ended up using: a set in different languages from the EuroBats publication no.7(2017) by Peter Lina, and a list with Swedish names he curates himself. Ulf put it all together. We hope it is useful.
Also, let's not forget Assoc. Prof. Johnny de Jong at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, for supplementing the data derived from the EuroBats publication and commenting on the taxonomy used by it.
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Having had to wait for 13 years Chris Harrison is closing in on 150 species of frogs and toads. No lack of enthusiasm, Chris! Spread the word.
I'm about all caught up on species for now. But I've got thousands of recordings to get up here eventually.
Great, Chris. Drop us a line if you need some help getting larger amounts on the site. No hurry of course.
Chris - I've been following your North American species in particular, great stuff!
Almost forgot to mention Caribbean species too!
Years ago I followed ChrisH on Field Herp Forum and was always highly impressed by his knowledge and photography skills. His collection of frog vocalizations here is amazing.
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Oops, too quick :-) He adds another new species, and the last Linaria, for XC: the very range restricted Warsangli Linnet.
... and a undescribed Cisticola to top it off. Crazy.
And Philippa's Crombec!
... and the Lesser Hoopoe-lark situation resolved :-)
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