diff --git a/src/components/BirdDetectionContent.tsx b/src/components/BirdDetectionContent.tsx
index f3684427..6946471e 100644
--- a/src/components/BirdDetectionContent.tsx
+++ b/src/components/BirdDetectionContent.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import { useMemo } from 'react';
-import { Bird, ExternalLink, MessageCircle } from 'lucide-react';
+import { Bird } from 'lucide-react';
 import { Link } from 'react-router-dom';
 import type { NostrEvent } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
 
+import { BirdSongPlayer } from '@/components/BirdSongPlayer';
 import { Skeleton } from '@/components/ui/skeleton';
 import { useWikidataEntity } from '@/hooks/useWikidataEntity';
 import { useWikipediaSummary } from '@/hooks/useWikipediaSummary';
@@ -87,12 +88,11 @@ export function BirdDetectionContent({ event, className }: BirdDetectionContentP
   const commonName = summary?.title ?? altSpecies?.common ?? 'Unknown species';
   const extract = summary?.extract;
   const thumbnail = sanitizeUrl(summary?.thumbnail?.source);
-  const articleUrl = sanitizeUrl(summary?.articleUrl);
 
-  // "Discuss" routes the user to Ditto's external-content page for this
-  // species' Wikidata URL. Other users' kind 2473 detections and NIP-22
-  // comments both attach to the same `i`-tag identifier, so the discussion
-  // thread aggregates naturally across clients.
+  // The whole card routes to Ditto's external-content page for this
+  // species' Wikidata URL. Other users' kind 2473 detections and
+  // NIP-22 comments both attach to the same `i`-tag identifier, so
+  // the discussion thread aggregates naturally across clients.
   const discussPath = wikidata ? `/i/${encodeURIComponent(wikidata.url)}` : undefined;
 
   // When the user's own freeform note exists we show it above the
@@ -114,93 +114,89 @@ export function BirdDetectionContent({ event, className }: BirdDetectionContentP
 
   return (
     <div className={cn('mt-2', className)}>
-      <div className="flex overflow-hidden rounded-2xl border border-border bg-card shadow-sm transition-shadow hover:shadow-md">
-        {/* Thumbnail panel */}
-        <div className="relative w-32 shrink-0 bg-gradient-to-br from-emerald-100 via-sky-100 to-amber-100 sm:w-40 dark:from-indigo-950 dark:via-indigo-900 dark:to-amber-900/40">
-          {isLoading ? (
-            <Skeleton className="h-full w-full" />
-          ) : thumbnail ? (
-            <img
-              src={thumbnail}
-              alt={commonName}
-              className="h-full w-full object-cover"
-              loading="lazy"
-            />
-          ) : (
-            <div className="flex h-full w-full items-center justify-center">
-              <Bird
-                aria-hidden
-                strokeWidth={1.5}
-                className="size-10 text-emerald-700/60 dark:text-amber-300/60"
+      <Link
+        to={discussPath ?? '#'}
+        onClick={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}
+        className="block overflow-hidden rounded-2xl border border-border bg-card shadow-sm transition-shadow hover:shadow-md focus:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-ring"
+      >
+        <div className="flex">
+          {/* Thumbnail panel */}
+          <div className="relative w-32 shrink-0 bg-gradient-to-br from-emerald-100 via-sky-100 to-amber-100 sm:w-40 dark:from-indigo-950 dark:via-indigo-900 dark:to-amber-900/40">
+            {isLoading ? (
+              <Skeleton className="h-full w-full" />
+            ) : thumbnail ? (
+              <img
+                src={thumbnail}
+                alt={commonName}
+                className="h-full w-full object-cover"
+                loading="lazy"
               />
+            ) : (
+              <div className="flex h-full w-full items-center justify-center">
+                <Bird
+                  aria-hidden
+                  strokeWidth={1.5}
+                  className="size-10 text-emerald-700/60 dark:text-amber-300/60"
+                />
+              </div>
+            )}
+            <div className="pointer-events-none absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 h-10 bg-gradient-to-t from-black/40 to-transparent" />
+            <div className="absolute bottom-1.5 left-2 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-wider text-white/85">
+              {timeStr}
             </div>
-          )}
-          <div className="pointer-events-none absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 h-10 bg-gradient-to-t from-black/40 to-transparent" />
-          <div className="absolute bottom-1.5 left-2 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-wider text-white/85">
-            {timeStr}
           </div>
-        </div>
 
-        {/* Text panel */}
-        <div className="flex min-w-0 flex-1 flex-col gap-1.5 p-3.5">
-          <div className="min-w-0">
-            <div className="flex items-start gap-1.5">
-              <Bird aria-hidden className="mt-0.5 size-3.5 shrink-0 text-emerald-600 dark:text-amber-300" />
-              <h3 className="truncate text-[15px] font-semibold leading-tight">
-                {commonName}
-              </h3>
+          {/* Text panel */}
+          <div className="flex min-w-0 flex-1 items-start gap-3 p-3.5">
+            <div className="flex min-w-0 flex-1 flex-col gap-1.5">
+              <div className="min-w-0">
+                <h3 className="truncate text-[15px] font-semibold leading-tight">
+                  {commonName}
+                </h3>
+                {scientificName && (
+                  <p className="mt-0.5 truncate text-xs italic text-muted-foreground">
+                    {scientificName}
+                  </p>
+                )}
+              </div>
+
+              {isLoading ? (
+                <div className="space-y-1.5 pt-0.5">
+                  <Skeleton className="h-3 w-full" />
+                  <Skeleton className="h-3 w-5/6" />
+                  <Skeleton className="h-3 w-2/3" />
+                </div>
+              ) : extract ? (
+                <p className="line-clamp-3 text-[13px] leading-relaxed text-muted-foreground">
+                  {extract}
+                </p>
+              ) : (
+                <p className="text-xs italic text-muted-foreground/70">
+                  Heard at {new Date(event.created_at * 1000).toLocaleString()}.
+                </p>
+              )}
             </div>
-            {scientificName && (
-              <p className="mt-0.5 truncate pl-5 text-xs italic text-muted-foreground">
-                {scientificName}
-              </p>
+
+            {/* Reference recording from Wikipedia/Commons, when available.
+             *  `BirdSongPlayer` returns null when the article has no
+             *  usable audio, so the right-hand column collapses
+             *  cleanly and the text reflows across the full card.
+             *  The click handler stops propagation so toggling
+             *  playback doesn't also navigate to `/i/...`. */}
+            {wikipediaTitle && (
+              <div
+                onClick={(e) => {
+                  e.stopPropagation();
+                  e.preventDefault();
+                }}
+                className="shrink-0"
+              >
+                <BirdSongPlayer title={wikipediaTitle} ariaLabel={`${commonName} recording`} />
+              </div>
             )}
           </div>
-
-          {isLoading ? (
-            <div className="space-y-1.5 pt-0.5">
-              <Skeleton className="h-3 w-full" />
-              <Skeleton className="h-3 w-5/6" />
-              <Skeleton className="h-3 w-2/3" />
-            </div>
-          ) : extract ? (
-            <p className="line-clamp-3 text-[13px] leading-relaxed text-muted-foreground">
-              {extract}
-            </p>
-          ) : (
-            <p className="text-xs italic text-muted-foreground/70">
-              Heard at {new Date(event.created_at * 1000).toLocaleString()}.
-            </p>
-          )}
-
-          {(articleUrl || discussPath) && (
-            <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-x-3 gap-y-1 pt-0.5">
-              {discussPath && (
-                <Link
-                  to={discussPath}
-                  onClick={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}
-                  className="inline-flex items-center gap-1 text-[11px] font-medium text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground"
-                >
-                  <MessageCircle className="size-3" />
-                  Discuss
-                </Link>
-              )}
-              {articleUrl && (
-                <a
-                  href={articleUrl}
-                  target="_blank"
-                  rel="noreferrer noopener"
-                  onClick={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}
-                  className="inline-flex items-center gap-1 text-[11px] font-medium text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground"
-                >
-                  <ExternalLink className="size-3" />
-                  Wikipedia
-                </a>
-              )}
-            </div>
-          )}
         </div>
-      </div>
+      </Link>
 
       {note && (
         <p className="mt-2 text-[15px] leading-relaxed whitespace-pre-wrap break-words">
diff --git a/src/components/BirdexChorusButton.tsx b/src/components/BirdexChorusButton.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a04d32fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/BirdexChorusButton.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,279 @@
+import {
+  useCallback,
+  useEffect,
+  useMemo,
+  useRef,
+  useState,
+} from 'react';
+import { Play } from 'lucide-react';
+
+import { Skeleton } from '@/components/ui/skeleton';
+import { useBirdSong } from '@/hooks/useBirdSong';
+import { useWikidataEntity } from '@/hooks/useWikidataEntity';
+import { cn } from '@/lib/utils';
+
+/**
+ * Chorus play/pause button for a Birdex (kind 12473) life list.
+ *
+ * A single control that fires every species' reference recording from
+ * Wikipedia/Commons *at the same time*, producing an overlapping
+ * dawn-chorus effect. Each recording loops independently so the
+ * chorus sustains until the user hits pause.
+ *
+ * Architecture: the parent owns a single `isPlaying` flag. It renders
+ * one `BirdexChorusVoice` per species, each of which:
+ *   1. Resolves its Wikidata ID → Wikipedia title → Commons audio URL
+ *      via the same hooks the tile thumbnails already call (so the
+ *      title-resolution round-trips are cache hits).
+ *   2. Owns a hidden `<audio loop>` element.
+ *   3. Reacts to `isPlaying` by calling `play()` or `pause()` on its
+ *      element, and reports ready-state / error-state back up so the
+ *      button knows when to show a spinner and whether there's
+ *      anything audible to play at all.
+ *
+ * Voices that fail to resolve audio (species whose Wikipedia article
+ * has no usable field recording) are silently skipped — the chorus
+ * plays whatever subset has audio. If nothing at all has audio the
+ * button hides itself rather than rendering a dead control.
+ *
+ * Note: every species' audio URL is fetched eagerly on mount. The
+ * cost is bounded by the number of species the user already sees as
+ * tiles, and every request is cached for 24h via TanStack Query, so
+ * a second visit is free.
+ */
+
+export interface BirdexChorusSpecies {
+  /** Wikidata entity ID, e.g. "Q26825". */
+  entityId: string;
+}
+
+interface BirdexChorusButtonProps {
+  species: BirdexChorusSpecies[];
+  className?: string;
+}
+
+type VoiceState = 'loading' | 'ready' | 'missing';
+
+export function BirdexChorusButton({ species, className }: BirdexChorusButtonProps) {
+  const [isPlaying, setIsPlaying] = useState(false);
+
+  // Track each voice's readiness so we can disable the button while
+  // anything is still resolving, and hide it entirely when no voice
+  // has usable audio. A Map keyed by entityId so voices can update
+  // their slot without racing by array index.
+  const [voiceStates, setVoiceStates] = useState<Map<string, VoiceState>>(
+    () => new Map(species.map((s) => [s.entityId, 'loading' as VoiceState])),
+  );
+
+  // Keep the map in sync when the species list changes (e.g. the
+  // Birdex event is replaced with a newer version). Entries that
+  // disappear are dropped; new ones start as `loading`.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setVoiceStates((prev) => {
+      const next = new Map<string, VoiceState>();
+      for (const s of species) {
+        next.set(s.entityId, prev.get(s.entityId) ?? 'loading');
+      }
+      return next;
+    });
+  }, [species]);
+
+  const reportState = useCallback((entityId: string, state: VoiceState) => {
+    setVoiceStates((prev) => {
+      if (prev.get(entityId) === state) return prev;
+      const next = new Map(prev);
+      next.set(entityId, state);
+      return next;
+    });
+  }, []);
+
+  const anyLoading = useMemo(
+    () => Array.from(voiceStates.values()).some((s) => s === 'loading'),
+    [voiceStates],
+  );
+  const readyCount = useMemo(
+    () => Array.from(voiceStates.values()).filter((s) => s === 'ready').length,
+    [voiceStates],
+  );
+
+  // Hide the button entirely once resolution settles and not a single
+  // species produced playable audio. While loading we still render
+  // (the skeleton indicates the chorus is being assembled).
+  //
+  // Crucially, the `BirdexChorusVoice` children must always render
+  // regardless of UI state — they're the hooks that drive the
+  // resolution we're waiting on. Returning early before rendering
+  // them would freeze the button in its initial "loading" state
+  // forever.
+  const hideButton = !anyLoading && readyCount === 0;
+  const showSkeleton = !hideButton && anyLoading && readyCount === 0;
+
+  const toggle = () => setIsPlaying((p) => !p);
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      {hideButton ? null : showSkeleton ? (
+        <Skeleton
+          className={cn('size-10 shrink-0 rounded-full', className)}
+          aria-hidden
+        />
+      ) : (
+        <button
+          type="button"
+          onClick={toggle}
+          aria-pressed={isPlaying}
+          aria-label={
+            isPlaying
+              ? `Pause dawn chorus of ${readyCount} species`
+              : `Play dawn chorus of ${readyCount} species`
+          }
+          className={cn(
+            'group inline-flex size-10 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full',
+            'bg-emerald-500 text-white shadow-md ring-1 ring-emerald-400/40',
+            'transition-[transform,background-color,box-shadow] duration-200',
+            'hover:bg-emerald-600 hover:shadow-lg active:scale-95',
+            'focus:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-emerald-500/60 focus-visible:ring-offset-2',
+            'focus-visible:ring-offset-background',
+            'dark:bg-emerald-400 dark:text-emerald-950 dark:hover:bg-emerald-300',
+            className,
+          )}
+        >
+          {isPlaying ? (
+            <EqualiserBars />
+          ) : (
+            // Nudge the play triangle right by 1px so its visual
+            // centroid aligns with the circle's centre — the glyph's
+            // bounding box is wider on the right than the left.
+            <Play className="size-4 translate-x-px fill-current" aria-hidden />
+          )}
+        </button>
+      )}
+
+      {species.map((s) => (
+        <BirdexChorusVoice
+          key={s.entityId}
+          entityId={s.entityId}
+          isPlaying={isPlaying}
+          onStateChange={reportState}
+        />
+      ))}
+    </>
+  );
+}
+
+/**
+ * Four vertical bars bouncing with staggered CSS animations, shown
+ * inside the button while the chorus is playing. Matches the
+ * equaliser used by `BirdSongPlayer` so the chorus button and the
+ * per-species buttons are visually indistinguishable.
+ */
+function EqualiserBars() {
+  const delays = ['0ms', '120ms', '60ms', '180ms'];
+  return (
+    <span className="flex h-4 items-end gap-[2px]" aria-hidden>
+      {delays.map((delay, i) => (
+        <span
+          key={i}
+          className={cn(
+            'block w-[2px] rounded-full bg-current',
+            'h-full origin-bottom motion-safe:animate-equaliser-bar',
+            'motion-reduce:scale-y-75',
+          )}
+          style={{ animationDelay: delay }}
+        />
+      ))}
+    </span>
+  );
+}
+
+interface BirdexChorusVoiceProps {
+  entityId: string;
+  isPlaying: boolean;
+  onStateChange: (entityId: string, state: VoiceState) => void;
+}
+
+/**
+ * A single voice in the chorus. Resolves Wikidata → Wikipedia title →
+ * Commons audio URL and renders a hidden `<audio loop>` element that
+ * tracks the shared play/pause state. Renders nothing visible.
+ */
+function BirdexChorusVoice({ entityId, isPlaying, onStateChange }: BirdexChorusVoiceProps) {
+  const { data: entity, isLoading: entityLoading, isError: entityError } =
+    useWikidataEntity(entityId);
+  const wikipediaTitle = entity?.wikipediaTitle ?? null;
+
+  // `useBirdSong` only fires once we have a Wikipedia title. While
+  // it's disabled its `isLoading` is false but `data` is undefined,
+  // so we gate readiness on the parent query's state too.
+  const { data: song, isLoading: songLoading, isError: songError } =
+    useBirdSong(wikipediaTitle);
+
+  const audioRef = useRef<HTMLAudioElement | null>(null);
+  const audioUrl = song?.audioUrl ?? null;
+
+  // Report our state upward whenever it changes. "missing" fires both
+  // when Wikidata has no enwiki sitelink and when Wikipedia has no
+  // usable recording — the UI treats both the same.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (entityError || (!entityLoading && !wikipediaTitle)) {
+      onStateChange(entityId, 'missing');
+      return;
+    }
+    if (entityLoading || songLoading) {
+      onStateChange(entityId, 'loading');
+      return;
+    }
+    if (songError || !audioUrl) {
+      onStateChange(entityId, 'missing');
+      return;
+    }
+    onStateChange(entityId, 'ready');
+  }, [
+    entityId,
+    entityError,
+    entityLoading,
+    wikipediaTitle,
+    songLoading,
+    songError,
+    audioUrl,
+    onStateChange,
+  ]);
+
+  // Drive the hidden `<audio>` element from the shared flag. We
+  // don't forward `onPlay`/`onPause` events upward because the
+  // parent is the source of truth; bubbling them back would create
+  // feedback loops when (e.g.) the browser auto-pauses on tab hide.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const el = audioRef.current;
+    if (!el || !audioUrl) return;
+    if (isPlaying) {
+      // `play()` rejects when autoplay is blocked or the source
+      // fails to load. Swallow it — the voice just drops out of the
+      // chorus rather than taking the whole button down.
+      el.play().catch(() => {});
+    } else {
+      el.pause();
+      // Reset to the start so the next Play gives a fresh chorus
+      // rather than picking up mid-phrase with every voice out of
+      // sync with wherever it happened to be paused.
+      try {
+        el.currentTime = 0;
+      } catch {
+        /* Some browsers throw on seek before metadata loads. */
+      }
+    }
+  }, [isPlaying, audioUrl]);
+
+  if (!audioUrl) return null;
+
+  return (
+    <audio
+      ref={audioRef}
+      src={audioUrl}
+      preload="auto"
+      loop
+      className="hidden"
+      aria-hidden
+    />
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/components/BirdexContent.tsx b/src/components/BirdexContent.tsx
index c91e0877..a836d1ab 100644
--- a/src/components/BirdexContent.tsx
+++ b/src/components/BirdexContent.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { useMemo } from 'react';
 import { Bird } from 'lucide-react';
 import type { NostrEvent } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
 
+import { BirdexChorusButton } from '@/components/BirdexChorusButton';
 import { BirdexTile } from '@/components/BirdexTile';
 import { parseBirdexEvent } from '@/lib/parseBirdex';
 import { cn } from '@/lib/utils';
@@ -57,14 +58,24 @@ export function BirdexContent({ event, expanded, className }: BirdexContentProps
   if (expanded) {
     return (
       <div className={cn('mt-2', className)}>
-        <div className="mb-3 flex items-center gap-2">
-          <Bird className="size-4 text-emerald-600 dark:text-amber-300" aria-hidden />
-          <h3 className="text-[15px] font-semibold leading-tight">
-            Birdex
-            <span className="ml-1.5 text-sm font-normal text-muted-foreground">
-              {entries.length} species
-            </span>
-          </h3>
+        <div className="mb-3 flex items-center justify-between gap-2">
+          <div className="flex min-w-0 items-center gap-2">
+            <Bird className="size-4 shrink-0 text-emerald-600 dark:text-amber-300" aria-hidden />
+            <h3 className="truncate text-[15px] font-semibold leading-tight">
+              Birdex
+              <span className="ml-1.5 text-sm font-normal text-muted-foreground">
+                {entries.length} species
+              </span>
+            </h3>
+          </div>
+
+          {/* Single control that plays every species' Wikipedia
+           *  recording simultaneously — a dawn chorus for the whole
+           *  life list. Hides itself when no species has usable audio. */}
+          <BirdexChorusButton
+            species={entries.map(({ entityId }) => ({ entityId }))}
+            className="shrink-0"
+          />
         </div>
 
         <div className="grid grid-cols-3 gap-2 sm:grid-cols-4 md:grid-cols-5 lg:grid-cols-6">
@@ -95,14 +106,33 @@ export function BirdexContent({ event, expanded, className }: BirdexContentProps
 
   return (
     <div className={cn('mt-2', className)}>
-      <div className="mb-2 flex items-center gap-2">
-        <Bird className="size-4 text-emerald-600 dark:text-amber-300" aria-hidden />
-        <span className="text-[15px] font-semibold leading-tight">
-          Birdex
-        </span>
-        <span className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">
-          · {entries.length} species
-        </span>
+      <div className="mb-2 flex items-center justify-between gap-2">
+        <div className="flex min-w-0 items-center gap-2">
+          <Bird className="size-4 shrink-0 text-emerald-600 dark:text-amber-300" aria-hidden />
+          <span className="text-[15px] font-semibold leading-tight">
+            Birdex
+          </span>
+          <span className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">
+            · {entries.length} species
+          </span>
+        </div>
+
+        {/* Same chorus button as the expanded view — plays the
+         *  entire life list, not just the preview slice, because the
+         *  button represents the whole event. Wrapped in a click
+         *  swallower: the feed variant sits inside a clickable
+         *  NoteCard, and toggling playback must not navigate away. */}
+        <div
+          onClick={(e) => {
+            e.stopPropagation();
+            e.preventDefault();
+          }}
+          className="shrink-0"
+        >
+          <BirdexChorusButton
+            species={entries.map(({ entityId }) => ({ entityId }))}
+          />
+        </div>
       </div>
 
       <div className="grid grid-cols-4 gap-1.5 sm:grid-cols-6 md:grid-cols-8">