Help Expand Merlin in Costa Rica
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 Guan (Chamaepetes unicolor)
- Crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica)
- Baird’s Trogon (Trogon bairdii)
- Prong-billed Barbet (Semnornis frantzii)
- Black-cheeked Woodpecker (Melanerpes pucherani)
- Sulphur-winged Parakeet (Pyrrhura hoffmanni)
- Great Green Macaw (Ara ambiguus)
- White-ruffed Manakin (Corapipo altera)
- Orange-collared Manakin (Manacus aurantiacus)
- Tawny-chested Flycatcher (Aphanotriccus capitalis)
- Yellow-winged Vireo (Vireo carmioli)
- Mountain Thrush (Turdus plebejus)
- Sooty Thrush (Turdus nigrescens)
- Golden-browed Chlorophonia (Chlorophonia callophrys)
- Spot-crowned Euphonia (Euphonia imitans)
- Tawny-capped Euphonia (Euphonia anneae)
- Large-footed Finch (Pezopetes capitalis)
- White-eared Ground-Sparrow (Melozone leucotis)
- Yellow-thighed Brushfinch (Atlapetes tibialis)
- Black-cowled Oriole (Icterus prosthemelas)
- Black-cheeked Warbler (Basileuterus melanogenys)
- Collared Redstart (Myioborus torquatus)
- Crimson-collared Tanager (Ramphocelus sanguinolentus)
- Silver-throated Tanager (Tangara icterocephala)
- Slaty Flowerpiercer (Diglossa plumbea)