BirdNET GUI and CMD script not detecting clear human voices and engines

[tjbruce1992]

I have been experimenting with the BirdNET GUI and command-line interfaces. I have manually added these anthropogenic and mammalian classes to the species list, and it still does not detect some of the sounds when they are present. I purposely parked my vehicle next to the PAM and revved the engine to ensure I would have some pilot data to experiment with.

I have defined them in the speices_list file as follows:
Engine_Engine
Human non-vocal_Human non-vocal
Human vocal_Human vocal
Human whistle_Human whistle
Gun_Gun
Canis lupus_Gray Wolf
Canis latrans_Coyote
Dog_Dog

Does anyone know whether the model is simply not calling these sounds for classification or if there is some error on my part?

Thanks in advance for your time.

Tom Bruce

[MariusBSc]

Good day Iam Marius From South Africa - we are using birdnet … can one get a extended pack for our birds in South Africa .. thanks

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On 04 Aug 2025, at 11:39, esfel ***@***.***> wrote: Hi Tom, I have a similar problem (and also just asked a question in the Q&A about that), but from my understanding, BirdNET can only detect those species (or sounds) for which it has been trained. The list of the species that the current/latest model 2.4 has been trained with and therefore, can detect is here https://github.com/birdnet-team/BirdNET-Analyzer/tree/main/birdnet_analyzer/labels/V2.4 <https://github.com/birdnet-team/BirdNET-Analyzer/tree/main/birdnet_analyzer/labels/V2.4>. Your species/sound list isn't included in that, so that's why you don't get any detections. You would need to train the model yourself for your desired sounds (which I've seen described somewhere in some BirdNET README but I guess it requires quite a lot of training data...) Best, Esther — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#625 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ALNVRAR3YWUNMCCBDG6VVS33L4S5ZAVCNFSM6AAAAABZNAYEECVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43URDJONRXK43TNFXW4Q3PNVWWK3TUHMYTGOJYGY2DGOI>. You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.