Help Expand Merlin in Paraguay
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!
- Glittering-bellied Emerald (Chlorostilbon lucidus)
- Whistling Heron (Syrigma sibilatrix)
- Chotoy Spinetail (Schoeniophylax phryganophilus)
- Savanna Hawk (Buteogallus meridionalis)
- Rufescent Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma lineatum)
- Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)
- White-banded Mockingbird (Mimus triurus)
- Spotted Nothura (Nothura maculosa)
- White-browed Meadowlark (Leistes superciliaris)
- Screaming Cowbird (Molothrus rufoaxillaris)
- Crowned Slaty Flycatcher (Empidonomus aurantioatrocristatus)
- Black-collared Hawk (Busarellus nigricollis)
- Little Woodpecker (Dryobates passerinus)
- Plumbeous Ibis (Theristicus caerulescens)
- Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis)
- Streamer-tailed Tyrant (Gubernetes yetapa)
- Variegated Flycatcher (Empidonomus varius)
- Blue Dacnis (Dacnis cayana)
- Sick’s Swift (Chaetura meridionalis)
- Greater Wagtail-Tyrant (Stigmatura budytoides)
- Checkered Woodpecker (Dryobates mixtus)
- Cream-backed Woodpecker (Campephilus leucopogon)
- Pantanal Snipe (Gallinago paraguaiae)
- Brown Cacholote (Pseudoseisura lophotes)
- Yellow-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes flavifrons)
- Orange-headed Tanager (Thlypopsis sordida)
- Chestnut-bellied Euphonia (Euphonia pectoralis)
- Scissor-tailed Nightjar (Hydropsalis torquata)
- White-eared Puffbird (Nystalus chacuru)
- Peach-fronted Parakeet (Eupsittula aurea)
- Planalto Hermit (Phaethornis pretrei)
- Ochre-collared Piculet (Picumnus temminckii)
- Band-tailed Manakin (Pipra fasciicauda)
- Coscoroba Swan (Coscoroba coscoroba)
- Lesser Grass-Finch (Emberizoides ypiranganus)
- Short-billed Canastero (Asthenes baeri)
- Long-tailed Reed Finch (Donacospiza albifrons)
- Burnished-buff Tanager (Stilpnia cayana)
- Blond-crested Woodpecker (Celeus flavescens)
- Robust Woodpecker (Campephilus robustus)
- Spot-winged Pigeon (Patagioenas maculosa)
- Red-ruffed Fruitcrow (Pyroderus scutatus)
- White-tipped Plantcutter (Phytotoma rutila)
- Bicolored Hawk (Astur bicolor)
- Helmeted Woodpecker (Celeus galeatus)
- Violet-capped Woodnymph (Thalurania glaucopis)
- Blackish-blue Seedeater (Amaurospiza moesta)
- White-throated Woodcreeper (Xiphocolaptes albicollis)
- Vinaceous-breasted Amazon (Amazona vinacea)
- Giant Snipe (Gallinago undulata)
- White-browed Woodpecker (Piculus aurulentus)
- Olive Spinetail (Cranioleuca obsoleta)
- Collared Crescentchest (Melanopareia torquata)
- Rufous-winged Antshrike (Thamnophilus torquatus)
- Plain-breasted Ground Dove (Columbina minuta)
- Black-capped Foliage-gleaner (Philydor atricapillus)
- Hyacinth Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus)
- Large-billed Antwren (Herpsilochmus longirostris)
- Cinnamon Teal (Spatula cyanoptera)
- Greenish Tyrannulet (Phyllomyias virescens)
- Yellow-breasted Crake (Laterallus flaviventer)
- Small-headed Elaenia (Elaenia sordida)
- Silky-tailed Nightjar (Antrostomus sericocaudatus)
- Ashy-headed Greenlet (Hylophilus pectoralis)