Help Expand Merlin in Belize
More than 150 recordings of each bird species are needed to train Merlin to identify a species by sound, but only 20% of bird species worldwide have enough recordings in eBird and the Macaulay Library.
You can help Merlin Sound ID learn new species and expand to new areas by making sound recordings, uploading them to eBird checklists, and tagging the background species audible in the recording.
Target Species
Updated: 5 June 2025
These species do not yet have the required 150 recordings to start training Merlin Sound ID to learn the species. With your help, we can reach 150+ for each species and be ready to add them to Sound ID!
- Black-throated Bobwhite (Colinus nigrogularis)
- Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris ocellata)
- Yucatan Nightjar (Antrostomus badius)
- Northern Potoo (Nyctibius jamaicensis)
- Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift (Panyptila cayennensis)
- Green-breasted Mango (Anthracothorax prevostii)
- Canivet’s Emerald (Cynanthus canivetii)
- Azure-crowned Hummingbird (Saucerottia cyanocephala)
- Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle (Spizaetus melanoleucus)
- White Hawk (Pseudastur albicollis)
- Keel-billed Motmot (Electron carinatum)
- Black-cheeked Woodpecker (Melanerpes pucherani)
- Yucatan Woodpecker (Melanerpes pygmaeus)
- Orange-breasted Falcon (Falco deiroleucus)
- Yellow-lored Amazon (Amazona xantholora)
- Ruddy Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla homochroa)
- Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher (Myiobius sulphureipygius)
- Eye-ringed Flatbill (Rhynchocyclus brevirostris)
- Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet (Ornithion semiflavum)
- Yucatan Flycatcher (Myiarchus yucatanensis)
- Mangrove Swallow (Tachycineta albilinea)
- Black-cowled Oriole (Icterus prosthemelas)
- Orange Oriole (Icterus auratus)
- Black-throated Shrike-Tanager (Lanio aurantius)
- Crimson-collared Tanager (Ramphocelus sanguinolentus)