Observed arrival · 2026-09-23
VoxFauna and the missing context around animal calls
An open specification and beta contributor app for recording animal vocalizations alongside what happened immediately before and after.
- For
- Animal-communication researchers and field contributors
- Worth noticing
- The schema pairs a signal with coded events from the preceding 30 seconds and the animal’s subsequent action.
Field notes
FaunaCore v0.1 models a record with antecedent, signal, and consequence fields. The sample JSON includes taxon, coded stimulus terms, millisecond segment bounds, body posture, next action, and whether the event resolved. The page says the format is intended to align with Darwin Core and Audiovisual Core; it also cites existing sound collections and a zebra-finch study to explain the context gap. The contributor app is labeled beta, and adding records requires sign-in.
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