Help Expand Merlin in Europe, North Africa, and the Levant
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: 9 December 2025
These species do not yet have the required number of recordings to train Merlin Sound ID to learn the species. With your help, we can reach 150+ for each species and add them to Sound ID!
- Common Pochard (Aythya ferina)
- Sand Partridge (Ammoperdix heyi)
- Black-bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis)
- Mediterranean Gull (Ichthyaetus melanocephalus)
- Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)
- Red Kite (Milvus milvus)
- Cyprus Scops-Owl (Otus cyprius)
- Great Spotted Cuckoo (Clamator glandarius)
- Arabian Bee-eater (Merops cyanophrys)
- Balearic Warbler (Curruca balearica)
- Moustached Warbler (Acrocephalus melanopogon)
- Tristram’s Starling (Onychognathus tristramii)
- Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush (Monticola saxatilis)
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear (Oenanthe melanoleuca)
- Black Wheatear (Oenanthe leucura)
- Trumpeter Finch (Bucanetes githagineus)
- Citril Finch (Carduelis citrinella)