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!
- Yellow-crowned Euphonia (Euphonia luteicapilla)
- Blue Dacnis (Dacnis cayana)
- Green Honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza)
- Brown-capped Tyrannulet (Ornithion brunneicapillus)
- Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)
- Rufescent Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma lineatum)
- Tawny-crested Tanager (Tachyphonus delatrii)
- White-whiskered Puffbird (Malacoptila panamensis)
- Black-striped Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus)
- Red-breasted Meadowlark (Leistes militaris)
- Savanna Hawk (Buteogallus meridionalis)
- Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum nigriceps)
- Mountain Thrush (Turdus plebejus)
- Ochraceous Wren (Troglodytes ochraceus)
- Black-capped Pygmy-Tyrant (Myiornis atricapillus)
- Plain-breasted Ground Dove (Columbina minuta)
- Spot-crowned Antvireo (Dysithamnus puncticeps)
- Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius)
- Violet-headed Hummingbird (Klais guimeti)
- Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher (Ptiliogonys caudatus)
- Golden-browed Chlorophonia (Chlorophonia callophrys)
- Black Antshrike (Thamnophilus nigriceps)
- Black-cheeked Warbler (Basileuterus melanogenys)
- Ocellated Antbird (Phaenostictus mcleannani)
- Yellow-bellied Siskin (Spinus xanthogastrus)
- White-vented Euphonia (Euphonia minuta)
- Spot-breasted Woodpecker (Colaptes punctigula)
- Barred Puffbird (Nystalus radiatus)
- Yellow-winged Vireo (Vireo carmioli)
- Sooty-capped Chlorospingus (Chlorospingus pileatus)
- Rufous Piha (Lipaugus unirufus)
- Pacific Antwren (Myrmotherula pacifica)
- Speckled Mourner (Laniocera rufescens)
- Bare-crowned Antbird (Gymnocichla nudiceps)
- Red-headed Barbet (Eubucco bourcierii)
- Gray-headed Dove (Leptotila plumbeiceps)
- Barred Becard (Pachyramphus versicolor)
- Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis)
- White-crowned Pigeon (Patagioenas leucocephala)
- Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus gracilirostris)
- Fiery-throated Hummingbird (Panterpe insignis)
- Large-footed Finch (Pezopetes capitalis)
- Barred Hawk (Morphnarchus princeps)
- Streak-breasted Treehunter (Thripadectes rufobrunneus)
- Great Curassow (Crax rubra)
- Black-collared Hawk (Busarellus nigricollis)
- Gray-rumped Swift (Chaetura cinereiventris)
- Costa Rican Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium costaricanum)
- Stub-tailed Spadebill (Platyrinchus cancrominus)
- Little Cuckoo (Coccycua minuta)
- Bicolored Hawk (Astur bicolor)
- Wing-banded Antbird (Myrmornis torquata)
- Maroon-chested Ground Dove (Paraclaravis mondetoura)
- Yellow-throated Chlorospingus (Chlorospingus flavigularis)
- Lattice-tailed Trogon (Trogon clathratus)
- Bare-shanked Screech-Owl (Megascops clarkii)
- Yellow-breasted Crake (Laterallus flaviventer)
- Timberline Wren (Thryorchilus browni)
- Baird’s Trogon (Trogon bairdii)