The warbleR function query_xc() queries for avian vocalization recordings in the open-access online repository Xeno-Canto. It can return recordings metadata or download the associated sound files.
Example on how to get recording’s metadata (no downloading):
library(warbleR)
pl <- query_xc(qword = 'Parus major', download = FALSE)## 6633 recording(s) found!
Keep only song vocalizations:
song_pl <- pl[grep("song", ignore.case = TRUE, pl$Vocalization_type), ]
Map locations using map_xc():
map_xc(song_pl, leaflet.map = TRUE)
Once you feel fine with the subset of data you can go ahead and download it as follows:
query_xc(song_pl, download = TRUE path = "DIRECTORY WHERE YOU WANT TO SAVE THE FILES")
Session information
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