BirdNET Live

BirdNET Live runs our most sophisticated sound ID model directly on your device — no internet connection required.

Watch a live scrolling spectrogram, view species detections in real time, and manage your growing library of animal sounds right from your phone.

BirdNET Live supports bioacoustic research and structured acoustic surveys across multiple workflows:

- Live Mode — Real-time species detections with a live spectrogram

- Point Counts — Structured timed sessions with live detections

- Surveys — Record longer transects while tracking detections along your route

- File Analysis — Analyze audio files from local storage

- Batch Analysis — Process multiple audio files in bulk

- ARU Mode — Schedule longer acoustic recording deployments

BirdNET Live is designed for researchers and citizen scientists alike and offers extensive configuration and detection review options.

This app is a joint effort by the Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics and Chemnitz University of Technology, in partnership with the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin.

Development of this app is supported by the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt.

For more information, consult our online user guide: https://birdnet-team.github.io/birdnet-live-app/user/