IdentiFlight

What is IdentiFlight?

IdentiFlight is an American camera system for preventing bird fatalities through collisions with wind turbines and is therefore a so-called anti-collision system (AKS for short)..

The system consists of optical camera systems combined with image processing and AI (artificial intelligence) software. The IDF system can detect a bird at a distance of up to one kilometer and is capable of identifying birds in real time. IdentiFlight aims to provide an early and needs-adapted curtailment of windturbines for the protection of endangered birds.

IdentiFlight is already in use in North America and Australia. In Germany the IdentiFlight system is currently undergoing validation. The performance of the IdentiFlight with regard to the protection of endangered target species (e.g. red kite, white-tailed eagle and lesser spotted eagle) is being evaluated in detail.

What does OekoFor do?

The team at Oekofor, together with the team from ARSU GmbH are supervising this validation process in Germany.

IdentiFlight systems have been installed at various German test sites and data are being collected. Parallel to surveys from the IdentiFlight system, ornithologists are also on site collecting reference data. These data are compared, as one of many steps in the validation process, to assess the performance of IdentiFlight.

Our tasks is to prepare, analyze and visualize the data collected and compile the results in the form of a report.

Further links

More information about IdentiFlight:

• https://www.https://www.identiflight.com

More about anti-collision systems in Germany:

only available in German

• https://www.naturschutz-energiewende.de/fachwissen/veroeffentlichungen-zu-antikollisionssystemen/

News

• since September 2025:

  The latest version of the IdentiFlight system is being evaluated. At the same time, the underlying AI recognition model is being continuously trained and optimised.

• April 2024:

  The IdentiFlight system is being trained on further target species. The focus is on the imperial eagle (Aquila heliaca) and the black stork (Ciconia nigra).

• Mai 2023:

  A valuation report has now also been published for the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla).
  The final report can be accessed via the following link (only available in German language):
  IdentiFlight als Schutzmaßnahme für den Seeadler (Haliaeetus albicilla) ↗

• October 2021:

  The validation process for the red kite has been completed. The final report can be found at the following link (only available in German language):
  Wie gut schützt IdentiFlight den Rotmilan (Milvus milvus)? ↗

Client & Partner

IdentiFlight is the client for this project. Our partner for the validation process is ARSU GmbH.