
RESOURCEs
Welcome to our Resources page! Here you will find links to different educational and professional resources created by the African Bioacoustics Community and other organisations worldwide.
Sound Libraries
General:
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U. S. A. National Park Service Sound Gallery (this gallery links to several other sound libraries)
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Fonoteca Zoologica (Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid)
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Wildlife section of the British Library's National Sound Library (Global)
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Bernie Krause (Global Soundscapes)
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Animal Diversity Web (University of Michigan, global wildlife)
Frogs:
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Birds:
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Bats:
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Aquatic sounds:
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Sound Ocean Science (Mozambique and Zanzibar - not public)
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Salish Sea hydrophone network (Orca network; killer whale sounds)
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Watkins Marine Mammal Sound Database (Global marine mammals)
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Global Library of Underwater Biological Sounds, “GLUBS,” (marine wildlife)
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Several iNaturalist Projects have bioacoustics observations and are also a great sound resource. Here are some that we found:
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New Zealand Garden Bird Survey 2016
Ecol202 Biodiversity Coast-to-Coast (2015 and later; birds)
Ecol202: Backyard birds
Bird Calls New Zealand
Bird Calls

Education
There are many different ways to learn more about bioacoustics but if you're a bit stuck - here are a few options you can look into...
Paid Courses - these are formal courses offered for university credit
Free Resources
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K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics
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Wildlife Acoustics