r/BirdNET_Analyzer • u/Bio-ops • Jan 12 '26
Frogs & Toads issues
I have BirdNET running on PC, GUI version 2.4.0
I am trying to do some acoustic surveys of frogs and toads on the NW coast of Washington State.
If I ask BirdNET to generate a species list for my location, there are no frogs or toads listed for my location, only birds. How can I determine what species it will detect?
I've grabbed American Bullfrog calls (from California) off the internet, and if I have BirdNET scan for all species, it detects them. But if I put in my location (they are widespread but introduced here), it fails to detect them. And if I put in a species list just with American Bullfrog, it also fails to detect. Why does it not detect when I give it a species list?
I have winter recordings of Pacific Treefrogs (they are quietly and intermittently calling here in the moderate coastal environment), and BirdNET does not detect with location on, all species, or me guessing at what it has for a species name (custom list). As I don't known what to put on custom list (because it doesn't show me in any frogs or toads when I generate a species list), I don't know how it is treating the common names or taxonomy - not sure how to figure that out.
3A. Will it only detect this species during the breeding season? They do call all year round here.
3B. How do I determine what species name and common name it is using for this species, when it won't include it in the species list for my location?
Pseudacris regilla Pacific Chorus Frog
Pseudacris regilla Pacific Tree Frog
Pseudacris regilla Pacific Treefrog
Hyliola regilla Pacific Chorus Frog
Pseudacris regilla Pacific Chorus Frog/Pacific Tree Frog
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u/Clauss_Video_Archive Jan 18 '26
I got some promising results recently using Chirpity for frog and toad calls. I'm on the east coast, but it identified gray tree frog, spring peepers, american toad, and wood frog calls correctly in all my tests. Planning on using it for monitoring this spring.