# Datasets from Xeno-canto

**URL:** <https://discourse.gbif.org/t/datasets-from-xeno-canto/6149>\
**Category:** Data Publishing\
**Created:** [October 22, 2025, 2:21pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/datasets-from-xeno-canto/6149 "2025-10-22T14:21:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![ChristianSW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/48db29/32.png) [@ChristianSW](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/ChristianSW)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 2:21pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/datasets-from-xeno-canto/6149/1 "2025-10-22T14:21:39Z")

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Media from Xeno-canto are stored in five [datasets](https://www.gbif.org/dataset/search?publishing_org=1f00d75c-f6fc-4224-a595-975e82d7689c).

I am very pleased that “mysteries” are exported and thus become part of the data sets and are available there. These are assigned to the taxon “Animalia” in GBIF:

[https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/5156213305](https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/5156213305)

Is it possible—and perhaps better?—to assign these to the main taxa of the data sets—Aves, Chiroptera, etc.?

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**Author:** ![cecsve](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/gbif1/user_avatar/discourse.gbif.org/cecsve/32/770_2.png) [@cecsve](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/cecsve)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 12:39pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/datasets-from-xeno-canto/6149/2 "2025-10-29T12:39:20Z")

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Thank you for the feedback! It is up to the publisher to change the data they share with GBIF. I encourage you to contact the administrative point of contact for the datasets (I believe it is the same person for all of them), and suggest the change.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/gbif1/original/1X/d2525d53d815eb0c992cc44730ed8a6a1be1dbb5.png) [@system](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2025, 10:39pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/datasets-from-xeno-canto/6149/3 "2025-11-28T22:39:46Z")

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