Help Expand Merlin in Guatemala
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!
- Highland Guan (Penelopina nigra)
- Chestnut-collared Swift (Streptoprocne rutila)
- Long-billed Starthroat (Heliomaster longirostris)
- Green-throated Mountain-gem (Lampornis viridipallens)
- Amethyst-throated Mountain-gem (Lampornis amethystinus)
- Garnet-throated Hummingbird (Lamprolaima rhami)
- Emerald-chinned Hummingbird (Abeillia abeillei)
- Azure-crowned Hummingbird (Saucerottia cyanocephala)
- Blue-tailed Hummingbird (Saucerottia cyanura)
- Chestnut-colored Woodpecker (Celeus castaneus)
- Ruddy Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla homochroa)
- Gray-collared Becard (Pachyramphus major)
- Guatemalan Tyrannulet (Zimmerius vilissimus)
- Black-throated Jay (Cyanolyca pumilo)
- Unicolored Jay (Aphelocoma unicolor)
- Yellow-throated Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus dryas)
- Mountain Thrush (Turdus plebejus)
- Rufous-collared Robin (Turdus rufitorques)
- White-eared Ground-Sparrow (Melozone leucotis)
- White-faced Ground-Sparrow (Melozone biarcuata)
- Bar-winged Oriole (Icterus maculialatus)
- Black-cowled Oriole (Icterus prosthemelas)
- Pink-headed Warbler (Cardellina versicolor)
- Black-throated Shrike-Tanager (Lanio aurantius)
- Azure-rumped Tanager (Poecilostreptus cabanisi)