Merlin Sound ID works well in the US, but Africa still relies on humans to ID bird calls
johnowhitaker · x · 2026-09-08
johnowhitaker notes that Cornell's Merlin Sound ID performs well in the US, but his family in Africa still sends him recordings for manual bird call identification — a candid reminder that bioacoustic AI models struggle where training coverage is thin.
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