Help Expand Merlin in Nicaragua
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!
- Hoffmann’s Woodpecker (Melanerpes hoffmannii)
- Pacific Parakeet (Psittacara strenuus)
- Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)
- Double-striped Thick-knee (Hesperoburhinus bistriatus)
- Blue-crowned Chlorophonia (Chlorophonia occipitalis)
- Yellow-crowned Euphonia (Euphonia luteicapilla)
- Stub-tailed Spadebill (Platyrinchus cancrominus)
- Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius)
- Northern Potoo (Nyctibius jamaicensis)
- White-eared Ground-Sparrow (Melozone leucotis)
- Green Honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza)
- Black-headed Siskin (Spinus notatus)
- Guatemalan Flicker (Colaptes mexicanoides)
- Gray-headed Dove (Leptotila plumbeiceps)
- Mountain Thrush (Turdus plebejus)
- Gray-collared Becard (Pachyramphus major)
- Plain-breasted Ground Dove (Columbina minuta)
- Black-collared Hawk (Busarellus nigricollis)
- Bare-crowned Antbird (Gymnocichla nudiceps)
- Rufous Piha (Lipaugus unirufus)
- Keel-billed Motmot (Electron carinatum)
- Tawny-crested Tanager (Tachyphonus delatrii)
- Cinnamon-bellied Flowerpiercer (Diglossa baritula)
- Gray-rumped Swift (Chaetura cinereiventris)
- Blue Dacnis (Dacnis cayana)
- Great Curassow (Crax rubra)
- Rufescent Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma lineatum)
- White-crowned Pigeon (Patagioenas leucocephala)
- White-whiskered Puffbird (Malacoptila panamensis)
- Ocellated Antbird (Phaenostictus mcleannani)
- Violet-headed Hummingbird (Klais guimeti)
- Red-breasted Meadowlark (Leistes militaris)
- Black-striped Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus)
- Bicolored Hawk (Astur bicolor)
- Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis)
- Yellow-breasted Crake (Laterallus flaviventer)