Modern avian bioacoustics enjoy multitude of recording equipment and analyses software. Because most avian sounds fall within the range of normal human hearing, equipments from consumer electronics can easily be applied for avian bioacoustics research. Similarly, most analyses software for human speech will also cover the range of avian sounds that rarely exceeds 20 kHz. Nevertheless, cautions should be required since some of these equipment and software use special compression or enhancement techniques that are optimized for human speech recording.
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Okanoya, K. (2008). Avian Bioacoustics. In: Havelock, D., Kuwano, S., Vorländer, M. (eds) Handbook of Signal Processing in Acoustics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-30441-0_103
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