Perch (v2) - any plans to add this to BIrdNET - PiPy

[trowhill]

Hi, Looks like Perch, V2 is gaining popularity, are there any plans to add this as an option as a detection model?

[Suncuss]

i had some earlier work in progress with that.
but then birdnet v3 came out so i decieded to go with that one since i think it might get better long term support.
I haven't done a perch v2 test to see how does it compare to the birdnet-v3 model.
birdnet-go has it supported now, i am curious to see how it performs in real world.

[trowhill]

Hi Suncuss/BirdNET-PiPy, I recently installed BridNet-Go on my NAS and am using an RTSP connection, I like to test out as many options as possible and like Birdnet-PiPy more. At the moment I cannot do a fair comparison between BirdNET-PiPy and BirdNET-GO, the rtsp device's microphone does not come close to the USB microphone that I am using with BirdNET-PiPy. GO with RTSP has captured 110 recordings today, 11 species while PiPy has captured 1,758 and 32 species. I was trying to connect GO to the icecast that is used for PiPy but have not been able to get it to work. Regarding Perch V2 and Birdnet V3, I think I read that Perch also has Birdnet V3 incorporated in it. One suggestion that GO has is the latest observation, this is what GO's looks like - using the spectrogram for the background. [image: image.png] <img width="1284" height="195" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/ecae29fe-61bd-4432-b457-4710d9ef64c8" /> I think it would be nice to have the spectrogram for the latest observation in the play box instead of it showing like this. [image: image.png] <img width="1945" height="365" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c15fb9b7-9eb1-4392-aa9c-8fc966b5d90e" /> If there is anything else you would like to see in GO, please let me know. Best Regards, Geo

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[dalogue1]

I have been running the Perch 2.0 model using a PR of BirdNET-Pi since November 2025 and the detections work well.

Being able to seamlessly switch between the birdnet-v3 model and the Perch 2.0 model as well as the previous models would be very nice.

[dalogue1]

Do the previous remarks imply that the Birdnet v3 model is supported?

[Suncuss]

Yes i added BirdNET-v3 model support a while back ago. but no perch v2 yet. I want to evaluate a bit more internally to see how does perch v2 actually performs. In general i see the BirdNET repo much more active and thinking we might get better support and continous development by sticking with BirdNET models