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Labels query #238

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Mattk70 opened this issue Jan 22, 2024 · 3 comments
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Labels query #238

Mattk70 opened this issue Jan 22, 2024 · 3 comments

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Mattk70 commented Jan 22, 2024

In the BirdNET labels, you have "Anas crecca_Green-winged Teal", Anas Crecca is actually Eurasian Teal. The Green-winged Teal is Anas carolinensis.

I suspect the right correction is to update the label to "Anas crecca_Eurasian Teal", but I can't say for sure. It could be that the label should be "Anas carolinensis_Green-winged Teal" - it depends on which of the species' vocalisations were used for training the class.

To be honest, both species sound the same to me and I would definitely fail to separate them by call in the field!

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Mattk70 commented Jan 22, 2024

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kahst commented Jan 22, 2024

We use the 2021 eBird taxonomy (Clements list) for our labels, and eBird does actually list the Green-winged Teal as Anas crecca. So this might be related to differences in taxonomies. The same goes for "gray" and "grey" - one is American English (what eBird uses) and the other is British English.

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Mattk70 commented Jan 22, 2024

Gotcha, thanks. It might be overkill to do an British English translation!! I had no idea Clements had the two Teal as the same species, which it turns out they do.

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