India, June 2 -- In a first-of-its-kind initiative, Haldwani forest division has launched an innovative bird monitoring initiative using advanced wildlife acoustic recorders and AI-based analysis for scientific assessment of avian biodiversity, a senior official said on Monday.

Under this initiative, automated wildlife acoustic recorders are being deployed in forest areas to continuously capture natural sounds and bird calls from the environment, Haldwani Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Kundan Kumar said.

These devices are capable of recording sounds round-the-clock with minimal human disturbance, he said.

"Since every bird species has unique vocal signatures and call patterns, the recorded audio data can be analysed using AI-based sof...