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The sound files are also incorporated into the free Merlin Bird ID app, as well as other Cornell Lab tools, such as eBird species pages, Birds of the World, and All About Birds. Each file has MP3 metadata attached and can be played on any device or application that supports MP3 file playback. The Cornell Guide to Bird Sounds: United States and Canada (v2021) is a compilation of curated, edited sound files in MP3 format. Please visit the Cornell Guide to Bird Sounds: United States and Canada product page to purchase the guide and in doing so you will be helping to support further development of free birding tools here at the Cornell Lab. While the oldest recordings in the guide date as far back as 1935, over half were made within the past 10 years. This represents the effort of over 495 sound recordists who archived recordings at the Macaulay Library. In December 2021, the guide was updated to follow v2021 Clements Taxonomy, some errata were removed, and over 100 new cuts were added, for a new total of 4,954 files.

Recordings were then trimmed down to highlight the vocalization of interest, resulting in 4,874 cuts. They chose recordings with an eye towards quality and to represent variation, both regionally and individually. Recordings came from all 50 US states and all 13 Canadian provinces and territories, as well as 90 other countries.īird sound experts here in the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology hand-selected recordings demonstrating characteristic sounds of each species, often including songs, calls, flight calls, displays, and mechanical sounds. It covers 901 species, including a wide variety of vagrant species and introduced exotics, as well as species found in Hawaii. The Cornell Guide to Bird Sounds: United States and Canada (released December 2020, updated December 2021) is a compilation sound guide to the birds of the United States and Canada.
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