Hear the voice of nature

– and make sure it is heard!

Dawn Chorus is a citizen science and art project initiated by the Bavarian Natural History Museum in collaboration with BIOTOPIA Lab and the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence. A close partner of the project is the Bavarian nature conservation association LBV (Landesbund für Vogel- und Naturschutz). Dawn Chorus invites people around the globe to participate and collect bird songs using their smartphones. The growing database provides important information for biodiversity research and is available for art projects. At the same time, AI-supported bird song recognition helps us to learn more about the species in our immediate environment.

An invitation to everyone to discover the wonders of nature—and to actively find new ways to protect it.

Participate Explore Dawn Chorus Quiz

Bird Song Analysis

You can now test the Beta version of the AI-aided bird song recognition with Dawn Chorus. Download the app and give it a try.
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PROJECT PARTNERS

The Dawn Chorus project has many more scientific and cooperating partners.
See the full list of partners.

DAWN CHORUS AMBASSADORS

 

Bernie and Kat Krause
Soundscape Ecologists

“To us, the dawn chorus presented each day is a concert; a one-time performance created by the Earth’s original artists (insects, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals). These biophonic moments of perfection are sonic executions of fulfillment – the natural world’s momentary expression of the highest possible order, given the state of the biome at that particular frame in the long arc of time. The Dawn Chorus Project amplifies the profound impact these life-affirming soundscapes have on us.”

Cosmo Sheldrake

Cosmo Sheldrake
 Musician, composer and producer

“The dawn chorus is one of the wonders of the world. Every day birds all over the world sing the sun up with an explosion of song.  This visionary citizen science project will encourage people to enjoy this musical feast while also creating an enormously valuable body of data that will be hugely helpful in understanding and monitoring the health and distributions of bird populations all over the world. Imagine being able to listen to a dawn chorus near to where you live 30 years ago and compare it to one today. Soon with the help of this app, it will soon be possible.“

Dominik Eulberg

Dominik Eulberg
DJ, Musiker, Komponist und Ornithologe

“Ich finde Dawn Chorus toll, weil es uns lustvoll und spielerisch dazu anregt zuzuhören. In einem hypervisuellen Zeitalter vergessen wir, dass unser Gehör unser am besten ausgebildete Sinnesorgan ist und vernachlässigen unseren Supersinn sträflich. Gerade einmal drei Prozent unserer Mitmenschen erkennt einen Buchfink am Gesang. Wie wollen wir schätzen und schlussendlich schützen, was wir gar nicht kennen?“

Vogelphilipp, Bild ©AlexeyTestov

Philipp Herrmann (Der Vogelphilipp)
Ornithologe und Naturschützer

“Dawn Chorus ist mein persönliches Mikroabenteuer, aufstehen bevor alle anderen wach sind und zu einem meiner Lieblingsorte radeln. Nach der Aufnahme des Vogelstimmenkonzertes für das Projekt schaue ich mir immer noch den Sonnenaufgang an. Einfach genial!“

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