Can Tokens Compete? Token Representations against Supervised CNN Backbones for BirdCLEF+ 2026

Anthony Miyaguchi, Murilo Gustineli, Adrian Cheung

This paper details the DS@GT ARC team's approach to BirdCLEF+ 2026, multi-label detection of animal vocalizations in soundscapes from the Pantanal wetlands. The 2026 edition adds a…