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!
- Highland Guan (Penelopina nigra)
- Lesser Roadrunner (Geococcyx velox)
- Northern Potoo (Nyctibius jamaicensis)
- White-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora)
- Crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica)
- Azure-crowned Hummingbird (Saucerottia cyanocephala)
- Mangrove Rail (Rallus longirostris)
- Double-striped Thick-knee (Hesperoburhinus bistriatus)
- Keel-billed Motmot (Electron carinatum)
- Cinnamon Woodpecker (Celeus loricatus)
- Chestnut-colored Woodpecker (Celeus castaneus)
- Guatemalan Flicker (Colaptes mexicanoides)
- Great Green Macaw (Ara ambiguus)
- Streak-crowned Antvireo (Dysithamnus striaticeps)
- Ruddy Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla homochroa)
- White-ruffed Manakin (Corapipo altera)
- Gray-collared Becard (Pachyramphus major)
- Eye-ringed Flatbill (Rhynchocyclus brevirostris)
- Mangrove Swallow (Tachycineta albilinea)
- Canebrake Wren (Cantorchilus zeledoni)
- Mountain Thrush (Turdus plebejus)
- White-eared Ground-Sparrow (Melozone leucotis)
- Black-cowled Oriole (Icterus prosthemelas)
- Nicaraguan Grackle (Quiscalus nicaraguensis)
- Crimson-collared Tanager (Ramphocelus sanguinolentus)