Compare your recordings with thousands of others using the Australian Acoustic Observatory Search. The A2O Search allows you to identify unknown calls and discover similar species.
Your meta-platform for exploring, sharing, and analysing environmental sound. #
Open Ecoacoustics is a suite of tools and resources that empower researchers, ecologists, and citizen scientists to monitor biodiversity using sound.
Platforms #
6.4 million+ environmental audio recordings and resources across 3 connected platforms.
Ecosounds #
- Upload & manage acoustic data
- Analyse annotations
- AI training
Learning & Community #
- Learning resources & support
- Community guides
- Blog
Australia Acoustic Observatory (A2O) #
- Explore datasets
- Long-term recordings
- Australian ecoregions
Whether you’re looking for data, uploading your own, or training AI to recognise species, you’re in the right place. Discover the right path for your project on our Get Started page.
Why It Matters #
Ecoacoustics is transforming how we monitor biodiversity. By contributing your data or exploring existing recordings, you’re helping to:
- Detect rare and threatened species
- Train AI species identification tools like BirdNET and Perch
- Build scalable, open, and rigorous monitoring systems
New Features Coming Soon #
Open Ecoacoustics is part of a growing project, supported by the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC)
- BirdNET & Perch embeddings for all recordings
- Notebooks for species recognition
- Species detections data will be shared with the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA)
and others - Downstream analysis notebooks will be available on EcoCommons Australia
