Help Expand Merlin in El Salvador
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!
- Pacific Parakeet (Psittacara strenuus)
- Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)
- Cinnamon-bellied Flowerpiercer (Diglossa baritula)
- Double-striped Thick-knee (Hesperoburhinus bistriatus)
- Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius)
- Guatemalan Flicker (Colaptes mexicanoides)
- Blue-throated Motmot (Aspatha gularis)
- Northern Potoo (Nyctibius jamaicensis)
- White-eared Ground-Sparrow (Melozone leucotis)
- Black-headed Siskin (Spinus notatus)
- Plain-breasted Ground Dove (Columbina minuta)
- Great Curassow (Crax rubra)
- Blue-crowned Chlorophonia (Chlorophonia occipitalis)
- Mountain Thrush (Turdus plebejus)
- Gray-collared Becard (Pachyramphus major)
- Cinnamon Teal (Spatula cyanoptera)
- Stub-tailed Spadebill (Platyrinchus cancrominus)
- Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis)
- Fulvous Owl (Strix fulvescens)
- Maroon-chested Ground Dove (Paraclaravis mondetoura)
- Yellow-breasted Crake (Laterallus flaviventer)