<p><a href="https://lila.science/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">LILA BC</a> is a website that hosts biological datasets with the goal of making them easier to find and access for machine learning researchers/practitioners. Right now it's entirely image datasets, but they have a list of other <a href="https://lila.science/otherdatasets#bioacoustics" rel="nofollow noreferrer">bioacoustic datasets</a>. Looks like it is mostly marine mammals and birds.</p>

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Cool project, thanks!
Julian Zimmermann
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Taiki Sakai
<p><a href="https://www.macaulaylibrary.org/about/" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><strong>Macaulay Library</strong></a> has audio recordings of hundreds of non-avian species that researchers can request free of charge. Archives include, for example:</p>
<ul>
<li>293  <a href="https://search.macaulaylibrary.org/catalog?mediaType=audio&amp;searchField=animals&amp;taxonCode=t-11028617" rel="nofollow noreferrer">humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)</a> recordings</li>
<li>74 <a href="https://search.macaulaylibrary.org/catalog?mediaType=audio&amp;searchField=animals&amp;taxonCode=t-11130854" rel="nofollow noreferrer">squirrel treefrog (Dryophytes squirellus)</a> recordings</li>
<li>24 <a href="https://search.macaulaylibrary.org/catalog?searchField=animals&amp;mediaType=audio&amp;taxonCode=t-10869486" rel="nofollow noreferrer">oyster toadfish (Opsanus tau)</a> recordings</li>
<li>160 <a href="https://search.macaulaylibrary.org/catalog?searchField=animals&amp;mediaType=audio&amp;taxonCode=t-11876111" rel="nofollow noreferrer">common true katydid (Pterophylla camellifolia)</a> recordings</li>
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Michael Pitzrick
<p>You might want to check dosits.org for a good database of underwater sounds from a good variety of taxa.</p>

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2022-08-27T08:21:41.850Z
Hi Dennis, thanks for your answer and the link. Do you know if it is possible to download the whole archive? I was unable to find a way to download the sounds other than scrapping it.
Julian Zimmermann
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Dennis Higgs
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<li>The webpage <a href="https://bioacoustic-ai.github.io/bioacoustics-datasets/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">&quot;Bioacoustics Datasets&quot;</a> (new in 2024!) now contains a big listing of <em>many</em> datasets, including lots of non-bird as well as bird audio. Mammals, insects, anurans and more.</li>
<li>If what you want is diversity more than &quot;quality&quot; (e.g. taxonomic precision), you can look at AudioSet (a generic sound dataset from Youtube). For example <a href="https://research.google.com/audioset/ontology/animal.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">the AudioSet &quot;animal&quot; tag contains over 40,000 annotated sound clips</a>, though approx half of those are cats and dogs.</li>
<li>There are large marine sound datasets, e.g. this <a href="http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/ore/dclde/dataset/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">DCLDE dataset</a> or <a href="https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9207085" rel="nofollow noreferrer">DOCC10</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bio.acousti.ca/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">bio.acousti.ca</a> contains diverse animal sound recordings, across many taxa, and taxonomically organised. It certainly covers mammal and insect sounds, for example. I believe the data is downloadable in bulk, though I'm not 100% sure of the process.</li>
<li>Through <a href="https://www.gbif.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">GBIF</a> you can search for occurrences with audio media. To give an arbitrary example, <a href="https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?media_type=Sound&amp;taxon_key=2434126" rel="nofollow noreferrer">a GBIF search for <em>Surica suricatta</em></a> currently shows 4 results, all via Tierstimmenarchiv. It should, I think, be possible to use GBIF's API to automatically download files.</li>
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<p>I look forward to reading other people's suggestions of data sources too!</p>

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Perfect, thanks, Dan!
Julian Zimmermann
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Dan Stowell
<p>What I found so far was either bird datasets (xeno-canto or all except the bees from <a href="https://bioacousticsdatasets.weebly.com/" rel="noreferrer">the bioacoustics dataset page</a>) or <a href="https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/55776" rel="noreferrer">bees</a> (also on <a href="https://bioacousticsdatasets.weebly.com/" rel="noreferrer">the bioacoustics dataset page</a>). I know there is the <a href="https://www.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin/en/science/animal-sound-archive" rel="noreferrer">tierstimmenarchiv</a> by the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, but this is not downloadable as a whole. I am not looking for curated or labeled datasets, just for a diverse set of audio files.</p>
<p>I also looked through kaggle without much success.</p>

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2022-08-24T13:59:00.747Z
Hi Julian. Are marine sound datasets of interest for your search, or not?
Dan Stowell
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What non-bird datasets are available (No labels needed)
# What non-bird datasets are available (No labels needed)

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-08-24)

What I found so far was either bird datasets (xeno-canto or all except the bees from [the bioacoustics dataset page](https://bioacousticsdatasets.weebly.com/)) or [bees](https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/55776) (also on [the bioacoustics dataset page](https://bioacousticsdatasets.weebly.com/)). I know there is the [tierstimmenarchiv](https://www.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin/en/science/animal-sound-archive) by the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, but this is not downloadable as a whole. I am not looking for curated or labeled datasets, just for a diverse set of audio files.

I also looked through kaggle without much success.

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Hi username_0. Are marine sound datasets of interest for your search, or not?  

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## 4 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2022-08-24. Score: 7 | Accepted answer

* The webpage ["Bioacoustics Datasets"](https://bioacoustic-ai.github.io/bioacoustics-datasets/) (new in 2024!) now contains a big listing of *many* datasets, including lots of non-bird as well as bird audio. Mammals, insects, anurans and more.
* If what you want is diversity more than "quality" (e.g. taxonomic precision), you can look at AudioSet (a generic sound dataset from Youtube). For example [the AudioSet "animal" tag contains over 40,000 annotated sound clips](https://research.google.com/audioset/ontology/animal.html), though approx half of those are cats and dogs.
* There are large marine sound datasets, e.g. this [DCLDE dataset](http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/ore/dclde/dataset/) or [DOCC10](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9207085)
* [bio.acousti.ca](https://bio.acousti.ca/) contains diverse animal sound recordings, across many taxa, and taxonomically organised. It certainly covers mammal and insect sounds, for example. I believe the data is downloadable in bulk, though I'm not 100% sure of the process.
* Through [GBIF](https://www.gbif.org/) you can search for occurrences with audio media. To give an arbitrary example, [a GBIF search for *Surica suricatta*](https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?media_type=Sound&taxon_key=2434126) currently shows 4 results, all via Tierstimmenarchiv. It should, I think, be possible to use GBIF's API to automatically download files.

I look forward to reading other people's suggestions of data sources too!

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Perfect, thanks, Dan!  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2022-08-24. Score: 3

[LILA BC](https://lila.science/) is a website that hosts biological datasets with the goal of making them easier to find and access for machine learning researchers/practitioners. Right now it's entirely image datasets, but they have a list of other [bioacoustic datasets](https://lila.science/otherdatasets#bioacoustics). Looks like it is mostly marine mammals and birds.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Cool project, thanks!  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2022-08-27. Score: 1

[**Macaulay Library**](https://www.macaulaylibrary.org/about/) has audio recordings of hundreds of non-avian species that researchers can request free of charge. Archives include, for example:

* 293 [humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)](https://search.macaulaylibrary.org/catalog?mediaType=audio&searchField=animals&taxonCode=t-11028617) recordings
* 74 [squirrel treefrog (Dryophytes squirellus)](https://search.macaulaylibrary.org/catalog?mediaType=audio&searchField=animals&taxonCode=t-11130854) recordings
* 24 [oyster toadfish (Opsanus tau)](https://search.macaulaylibrary.org/catalog?searchField=animals&mediaType=audio&taxonCode=t-10869486) recordings
* 160 [common true katydid (Pterophylla camellifolia)](https://search.macaulaylibrary.org/catalog?searchField=animals&mediaType=audio&taxonCode=t-11876111) recordings


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### Answer by username_4 on 2022-08-25. Score: 0

You might want to check dosits.org for a good database of underwater sounds from a good variety of taxa.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Hi username_4, thanks for your answer and the link. Do you know if it is possible to download the whole archive? I was unable to find a way to download the sounds other than scrapping it.  

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