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The aim is to improve automated bird species recognition from audio in challenging, noisy environments.

July 15, 2026Natural ComputingOpen Access

Two-stage fine-tuning of HuBERT for multi-label bird species recognition in overlapping acoustic environments

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HEHailemariam Abebe Endalamaw CYC S Yang

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Randomized trial demonstrates robust multi-label bird species recognition in overlapping acoustic environments, suggesting effective monitoring solutions.

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The aim is to improve automated bird species recognition from audio in challenging, noisy environments.
Developed a two-stage fine-tuning framework using the HuBERT model.
Stage 1 involved fine-tuning on clean single-species recordings for accurate acoustic representation.
Stage 2 transferred the model to overlapping vocalizations for real-world application.
Achieved an F1-score of 0.94 on overlapping recordings.
Outperformed HuBERT variants and state-of-the-art methods in recognizing multiple species.
Demonstrated effective adaptation to real noisy soundscapes without explicit source separation.

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Endalamaw et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a57236f88b21df8754801b3 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11047-026-10080-x

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July 15, 2026Natural ComputingOpen Access

Two-stage fine-tuning of HuBERT for multi-label bird species recognition in overlapping acoustic environments

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Authors

HEHailemariam Abebe Endalamaw CYC S Yang

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Overview

Randomized trial demonstrates robust multi-label bird species recognition in overlapping acoustic environments, suggesting effective monitoring solutions.

Key Points

The aim is to improve automated bird species recognition from audio in challenging, noisy environments.
Developed a two-stage fine-tuning framework using the HuBERT model.
Stage 1 involved fine-tuning on clean single-species recordings for accurate acoustic representation.
Stage 2 transferred the model to overlapping vocalizations for real-world application.
Achieved an F1-score of 0.94 on overlapping recordings.
Outperformed HuBERT variants and state-of-the-art methods in recognizing multiple species.
Demonstrated effective adaptation to real noisy soundscapes without explicit source separation.

Cite This Study

Endalamaw et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a57236f88b21df8754801b3 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11047-026-10080-x

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