FONOZOO.COM A NEW RESOURCE IN THE WEB FOR THE STUDY OF ANIMAL SOUNDS FONOZOO.COM, NOV SPLETNI VIR ZA

Fonozoo.com a new resource in the web for the study of animal sounds We describe the functional structure of the Fonoteca Zoológica (FZ), a scientific collection of animal sounds in the National Natural Science Museum of Madrid. We present statistical data regarding the number of species with sounds in either the Published Sound Collection or the FZ Sound Collection. The Published Sound Collection includes commercially available sound guides published all over the world, and the FZ Sound Collection includes recordings made by researchers in the Museum and other collaborators. Comparisons in holdings are made between the different taxa, and we emphasize the use of bioacoustics for the study of animal behaviour. Finally, we introduce the recently created web page www.FonoZoo.com from where it is possible to access the database of the animal sounds kept in the Fonoteca Zoológica