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!
- Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)
- Gray-headed Dove (Leptotila plumbeiceps)
- White-whiskered Puffbird (Malacoptila panamensis)
- Stub-tailed Spadebill (Platyrinchus cancrominus)
- Yucatan Woodpecker (Melanerpes pygmaeus)
- Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius)
- Plain-breasted Ground Dove (Columbina minuta)
- Great Curassow (Crax rubra)
- White-crowned Pigeon (Patagioenas leucocephala)
- Green Honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza)
- Black-collared Hawk (Busarellus nigricollis)
- Northern Potoo (Nyctibius jamaicensis)
- Black-headed Siskin (Spinus notatus)
- Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis)
- Yucatan Flycatcher (Myiarchus yucatanensis)
- Rufous Piha (Lipaugus unirufus)
- Yucatan Poorwill (Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus)
- Caribbean Dove (Leptotila jamaicensis)
- Gray-collared Becard (Pachyramphus major)
- Bicolored Hawk (Astur bicolor)
- Yellow-breasted Crake (Laterallus flaviventer)