Help Expand Merlin in Chile
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!
- Chilean Tinamou (Nothoprocta perdicaria)
- Upland Goose (Chloephaga picta)
- Ashy-headed Goose (Chloephaga poliocephala)
- Chiloe Wigeon (Mareca sibilatrix)
- Chilean Pigeon (Patagioenas araucana)
- Magellanic Oystercatcher (Haematopus leucopodus)
- Gray-breasted Seedsnipe (Thinocorus orbignyianus)
- Least Seedsnipe (Thinocorus rumicivorus)
- Gray Gull (Leucophaeus modestus)
- Great Grebe (Podiceps major)
- Slender-billed Parakeet (Enicognathus leptorhynchus)
- Chestnut-throated Huet-huet (Pteroptochos castaneus)
- White-throated Tapaculo (Scelorchilus albicollis)
- Common Miner (Geositta cunicularia)
- Rufous-banded Miner (Geositta rufipennis)
- Crag Chilia (Ochetorhynchus melanurus)
- Patagonian Forest Earthcreeper (Upucerthia saturatior)
- Buff-winged Cinclodes (Cinclodes fuscus)
- Gray-flanked Cinclodes (Cinclodes oustaleti)
- Seaside Cinclodes (Cinclodes nigrofumosus)
- Austral Canastero (Asthenes anthoides)
- Rufous-tailed Plantcutter (Phytotoma rara)
- Fire-eyed Diucon (Pyrope pyrope)
- Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant (Agriornis montanus)
- Plumbeous Sierra Finch (Geospizopsis unicolor)