Help Expand Merlin in Mexico
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!
- Mexican Duck (Anas diazi)
- Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)
- Yucatan Woodpecker (Melanerpes pygmaeus)
- Cinnamon Teal (Spatula cyanoptera)
- Citreoline Trogon (Trogon citreolus)
- Cinnamon-bellied Flowerpiercer (Diglossa baritula)
- American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)
- Rusty-crowned Ground-Sparrow (Melozone kieneri)
- Yellow Grosbeak (Pheucticus chrysopeplus)
- Black-headed Siskin (Spinus notatus)
- Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius)
- Yucatan Flycatcher (Myiarchus yucatanensis)
- Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis)
- Caribbean Dove (Leptotila jamaicensis)
- Green-striped Brushfinch (Arremon virenticeps)
- Northern Potoo (Nyctibius jamaicensis)
- White-crowned Pigeon (Patagioenas leucocephala)
- Bridled Sparrow (Peucaea mystacalis)
- Gray-collared Becard (Pachyramphus major)
- Stub-tailed Spadebill (Platyrinchus cancrominus)
- Double-striped Thick-knee (Hesperoburhinus bistriatus)
- Guatemalan Flicker (Colaptes mexicanoides)
- Western Spindalis (Spindalis zena)
- Zenaida Dove (Zenaida aurita)
- Blue-crowned Chlorophonia (Chlorophonia occipitalis)
- Great Curassow (Crax rubra)
- Gray-headed Dove (Leptotila plumbeiceps)
- Blue-throated Motmot (Aspatha gularis)
- Black-collared Hawk (Busarellus nigricollis)
- White-eared Ground-Sparrow (Melozone leucotis)
- Plain-breasted Ground Dove (Columbina minuta)
- Sierra Madre Sparrow (Xenospiza baileyi)
- Green Honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza)
- Yucatan Poorwill (Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus)
- Nava’s Wren (Hylorchilus navai)
- Black-polled Yellowthroat (Geothlypis speciosa)
- Rufous Piha (Lipaugus unirufus)
- Fulvous Owl (Strix fulvescens)
- Mountain Thrush (Turdus plebejus)
- Pacific Parakeet (Psittacara strenuus)
- Sumichrast’s Wren (Hylorchilus sumichrasti)
- Bicolored Hawk (Astur bicolor)
- Yellow-breasted Crake (Laterallus flaviventer)