Robot can identify birds with around 90 per cent accuracy

Robot can identify birds with around 90 per cent accuracy – so amateur twitchers never get in a flapAI has been found to identify smaller birds with up to 90 per cent accuracyResearchers trained the AI using pictures of wild great tits and sociable weavers, and captive zebra finches The technology works in a similar way to human facial recognition programmes By Victoria Allen, Science Correspondent For The Daily Mail Published: 00:00 EDT, 27 July 2020 | Updated: 02:41 EDT, 27 July 2020 Trying to identify a wild bird while frantically leafing through a bird-spotters’ guide is no easy task.But modern technology has come to the rescue, with artificial intelligence trained to help out amateur twitchers.Where people may be confused by two similar looking birds, or a juvenile which does not yet have its adult plumage, AI has been found to identify birds with up to around 90 per cent accuracy.The technology was trained using pictures of wild great tits and sociable weavers, as well as captive zebra finches.
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