Bat Echolocation Calls from Czechia with GPS and Species Metadata

Czechia's bat echolocation calls are recorded in .zc and .wav formats. The collection includes identified and unidentified species, with embedded metadata such as collection date, GPS location, and contributor details extracted for searchable filtering in TERN Ecoacoustic Recordings. The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-01 by the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery platform.

Use Cases

• Train automated bat species classifiers based on recorded echolocation calls.
• Analyze spatial distribution patterns of bat species based on embedded GPS location data.
• Study temporal activity patterns based on the collection date metadata.
• Filter and explore acoustic data for specific research criteria using the TERN dashboard's searchable filters.

Strengths

• Contains embedded metadata per file, including GPS location and collection date.
• Enables searchable filtering through the TERN Ecoacoustic Recordings dashboard.
• Includes both identified and unidentified species calls, providing a realistic field data scenario.

Limitations

• Some audio files contain calls from multiple species, with only one species identified, complicating analysis.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and total dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery

Collection Method

Collection of recorded echolocation calls.

Time Range

Collection date is embedded per file, but overall temporal coverage is unspecified.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-01 06:38:33.393547; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Czechia