Bioacoustic Species Classification ML Frameworks

ML models and datasets for identifying and classifying animal species from audio recordings, with emphasis on bird and wildlife bioacoustics research. Does NOT include general audio processing, musical instruments, or non-species-identification animal sound analysis.

There are 34 bioacoustic species classification frameworks tracked. 1 score above 70 (verified tier). The highest-rated is birdnet-team/BirdNET-Analyzer at 76/100 with 1,427 stars and 866 monthly downloads. 2 of the top 10 are actively maintained.

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#	Framework	Score	Tier	Stars	Language
1	birdnet-team/BirdNET-Analyzer BirdNET analyzer for scientific audio data processing.	76	Verified	1,427	Python
2	tphakala/birdnet-go Realtime BirdNET soundscape analyzer	61	Established	907	Go
3	birdnet-team/birdnet A Python library for identifying bird species by their sounds.	61	Established	80	Python
4	DrCoffey/DeepSqueak DeepSqueak v3: Using Machine Vision to Accelerate Bioacoustics Research	49	Emerging	420	MATLAB
5	ear-team/bambird Unsupervised classification to improve the quality of a bird song recording...	47	Emerging	31	Python
6	UCSD-E4E/PyHa A repo designed to convert audio-based "weak" labels to "strong" intraclip...	43	Emerging	21	Jupyter Notebook
7	m-kortas/Sound-based-bird-species-detection Sound-based Bird Classification - using AI, acoustics and ornithology to...	41	Emerging	101	Jupyter Notebook
8	bshtmichielsen/animal_sound_identifier Identifying animals based on their sounds in audio recordings using classification.	37	Emerging	2	Jupyter Notebook
9	UtrechtUniversity/animal-sounds Python modules for detecting Chimpanze sounds in bioacoustic datasets using...	35	Emerging	12	Jupyter Notebook
10	jovan-stojanovic/Animal-sound-recognition Deep learning model for animal sound classification.	34	Emerging	34	Python
11	GrunCrow/BIRDeep_BirdSongDetector_NeuralNetworks Repository for the neural networks and models created for the BIRDeep project	31	Emerging	13	Jupyter Notebook
12	soundclim/anuraset AnuraSet: A dataset for classification of tropical anurans from passive...	30	Emerging	27	Python
13	GrunCrow/Bird-Song-Detector Bird Song Detector - Easy To Use Scripts and App	29	Experimental	6	Python
14	breadboardfoundry/pnw-cnet-5-onnx A repo testing performance improvements of the PNW CNET 5 Model in ONNX	28	Experimental	7	Python
15	birdnet-team/BirdNET-Tiny-Forge Create your own birdsong logger, powered by BirdNET-Tiny.	28	Experimental	23	Python
16	tphakala/birdnet-onnx-converter Convert and optimize BirdNET models for ONNX Runtime inference on GPUs,...	26	Experimental	4	Python
17	tphakala/rust-birdnet-onnx Rust library for BirdNET and Perch ONNX model inference with CUDA GPU support	26	Experimental	5	Rust
18	DhanushS-11/Bird-sound-classification-using-CNN Engineered a robust deep learning model using Convolutional Neural Networks...	24	Experimental	2	Python
19	gopiashokan/Bird-Sound-Classification-using-Deep-Learning Engineered a robust deep learning model using Convolutional Neural Networks...	23	Experimental	21	Jupyter Notebook
20	shionr6968/birdclaw Manage and search your X data locally with birdclaw, featuring archive...	22	Experimental	—	TypeScript
21	r-butl/ELP-CNNvsRNN Current research project at CSU, Chico in collaboration with the Cornell...	22	Experimental	4	Jupyter Notebook
22	josafatburmeister/BirdSongIdentification Fully automated machine learning pipeline for bird sound recognition	22	Experimental	29	Jupyter Notebook
23	earthtoolsmaker/forest-elephants-rumble-detection This repository contains a collection of software packages designed for the...	21	Experimental	11	Python
24	CrispenGari/animal-sound-classification this is a simple artificial neural network model using deep learning and...	21	Experimental	8	Jupyter Notebook
25	thomasnapier/LEAVES Streamline your ecoacoustic analysis with LEAVES, offering advanced tools...	17	Experimental	21	Python
26	Tiny-Prism-Labs/bird-sound-classifier-on-the-edge The project attempts to recognize different bird calls by continuously...	17	Experimental	15	—
27	ak7ra/frog_classification This project classifies frog call audio data by using a convolutional neural network.	17	Experimental	4	Jupyter Notebook
28	meteyaran/Ethno-Ornithology-Atlas Where avian impressions and linguistic traces converge. An interdisciplinary...	15	Experimental	—	TypeScript
29	msramalho/feup-iart Muticlass classification of Frog Species :frog: using Deep Neural Networks...	15	Experimental	2	Jupyter Notebook
30	EvanVOSSIER/birdnet-onnx-converter 🐦 Convert and optimize BirdNET models to ONNX for efficient inference on...	14	Experimental	—	Python
31	Komorebirumu/awe-ms-20260317-0957-02 AI Birdsong ID & Behavior Analyzer Code \| MS-20260317-0957-02	14	Experimental	—	HTML
32	ear-team/MICHAUD_CNN_SNR_BOREAL_OWL Acoustic detection of a nocturnal bird with deep learning: the challenge of...	14	Experimental	4	Python
33	DataSaiyentist/Birdsong_separation Unsupervised birdsong separation for classification	12	Experimental	3	Jupyter Notebook
34	Luckygyana/Bird-Species-Audio-Identification-Ensembling-and-1D-2D-Signals There are about 10,000 different bird species in the world, and they play an...	10	Experimental	1	—

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