Songbird Counts and Audio Recordings from Logged and Unlogged Tropical Forests

Acoustic monitoring data includes counts of male and female songbirds and their songs across forest types. The dataset contains 5,700 rows of male bird counts and 1,000 rows of combined male-female counts, collected as part of the SAFE research project. Rajeev Pillay at the University of Florida led the project, which includes original WAV audio recordings from 2013 and 2014.

Use Cases

• Modeling population shifts based on forest type and logging status.
• Analyzing temporal singing patterns based on time-of-day count columns.
• Studying species-specific behavioral responses to forest fragmentation.

Strengths

• Includes original WAV audio recordings from 13 separate files.
• Provides 5,700 rows of male bird counts and 1,000 rows of combined male-female counts.
• Contains detailed temporal and spatial metadata, including year, forest type, block, location, and Julian date.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

SAFE research project, University of Florida.

Collection Method

Acoustic monitoring and field surveys in tropical forest plots.

Time Range

Data collected in 2013 and 2014.

Geography

Tropical forest plots, including logged and unlogged areas.