Help Expand Merlin in Panama
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!
- White-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora)
- Blue-chested Hummingbird (Polyerata amabilis)
- Double-toothed Kite (Harpagus bidentatus)
- Black-breasted Puffbird (Notharchus pectoralis)
- Pied Puffbird (Notharchus tectus)
- Olivaceous Piculet (Picumnus olivaceus)
- Black-cheeked Woodpecker (Melanerpes pucherani)
- Cinnamon Woodpecker (Celeus loricatus)
- Black Antshrike (Thamnophilus nigriceps)
- Spot-crowned Antvireo (Dysithamnus puncticeps)
- Black-striped Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus)
- White-ruffed Manakin (Corapipo altera)
- Black-crowned Tityra (Tityra inquisitor)
- Southern Bentbill (Oncostoma olivaceum)
- Western Olivaceous Flatbill (Rhynchocyclus aequinoctialis)
- Yellow-winged Flatbill (Tolmomyias flavotectus)
- Rufous Mourner (Rhytipterna holerythra)
- Panama Flycatcher (Myiarchus panamensis)
- Mangrove Swallow (Tachycineta albilinea)
- Mountain Thrush (Turdus plebejus)
- Yellow-thighed Brushfinch (Atlapetes tibialis)
- Black-cheeked Warbler (Basileuterus melanogenys)
- Silver-throated Tanager (Tangara icterocephala)
- Blue Dacnis (Dacnis cayana)
- Slaty Flowerpiercer (Diglossa plumbea)