Help Expand Merlin in Peru
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!
- Andean Gull (Chroicocephalus serranus)
- Cinnamon Teal (Spatula cyanoptera)
- Spot-winged Pigeon (Patagioenas maculosa)
- Ash-breasted Sierra Finch (Geospizopsis plebejus)
- Pacific Parrotlet (Forpus coelestis)
- Gray-hooded Gull (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
- Peruvian Meadowlark (Leistes bellicosus)
- Andean Goose (Oressochen melanopterus)
- Blue Dacnis (Dacnis cayana)
- Blue-capped Tanager (Sporathraupis cyanocephala)
- Sapphire-spangled Emerald (Chionomesa lactea)
- White-winged Parakeet (Brotogeris versicolurus)
- Yellow-billed Pintail (Anas georgica)
- Dusky-green Oropendola (Psarocolius atrovirens)
- Sierran Elaenia (Elaenia pallatangae)
- Oasis Hummingbird (Rhodopis vesper)
- Black-collared Hawk (Busarellus nigricollis)
- Purple-collared Woodstar (Myrtis fanny)
- Plain-colored Seedeater (Catamenia inornata)
- Creamy-crested Spinetail (Cranioleuca albicapilla)
- Green Honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza)
- Little Woodpecker (Dryobates passerinus)
- Bluish-slate Antshrike (Thamnomanes schistogynus)
- Fulvous-faced Scrub-Tyrant (Euscarthmus fulviceps)
- Crested Duck (Lophonetta specularioides)
- Superciliated Wren (Cantorchilus superciliaris)
- Black-tailed Trainbearer (Lesbia victoriae)
- Spot-breasted Woodpecker (Colaptes punctigula)
- Collared Antshrike (Thamnophilus bernardi)
- Band-tailed Manakin (Pipra fasciicauda)
- Oriole Blackbird (Gymnomystax mexicanus)
- Rufescent Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma lineatum)
- Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis)
- Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)
- Band-tailed Sierra Finch (Rhopospina alaudina)
- Yellow-breasted Warbling-Antbird (Hypocnemis subflava)
- Barred Becard (Pachyramphus versicolor)
- Golden Tanager (Tangara arthus)
- Grass-green Tanager (Chlorornis riefferii)
- Greenish Yellow-Finch (Sicalis olivascens)
- Line-cheeked Spinetail (Cranioleuca antisiensis)
- Red-stained Woodpecker (Dryobates affinis)
- Crowned Slaty Flycatcher (Empidonomus aurantioatrocristatus)
- Streak-throated Bush-Tyrant (Myiotheretes striaticollis)
- White-collared Jay (Cyanolyca viridicyanus)
- Rufous-vented Tapaculo (Scytalopus femoralis)
- Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan (Andigena hypoglauca)
- Gray-rumped Swift (Chaetura cinereiventris)
- Yellow-throated Chlorospingus (Chlorospingus flavigularis)
- Montane Foliage-gleaner (Anabacerthia striaticollis)
- Bronze-green Euphonia (Euphonia mesochrysa)
- Streaked Tuftedcheek (Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii)
- Chestnut Woodpecker (Celeus elegans)
- Amazonian Plain-Xenops (Xenops genibarbis)
- Casqued Cacique (Cacicus oseryi)
- Barred Fruiteater (Pipreola arcuata)
- Band-tailed Antbird (Hypocnemoides maculicauda)
- Marble-faced Bristle-Tyrant (Pogonotriccus ophthalmicus)
- Sulphury Flycatcher (Tyrannopsis sulphurea)
- Violet-headed Hummingbird (Klais guimeti)
- Pale-legged Warbler (Myiothlypis signata)
- Amazonian Streaked-Antwren (Myrmotherula multostriata)
- Lemon-browed Flycatcher (Conopias cinchoneti)
- Cordilleran Canastero (Asthenes modesta)
- Creamy-breasted Canastero (Asthenes dorbignyi)
- White-vented Euphonia (Euphonia minuta)
- Lacrimose Mountain Tanager (Anisognathus lacrymosus)
- Short-tailed Woodstar (Myrmia micrura)
- Little Cuckoo (Coccycua minuta)
- Flammulated Pygmy-Tyrant (Hemitriccus flammulatus)
- Orange-headed Tanager (Thlypopsis sordida)
- Black-throated Tody-Tyrant (Hemitriccus granadensis)
- Bay Antpitta (Grallaria capitalis)
- Maroon-tailed Parakeet (Pyrrhura melanura)
- White-eyed Stipplethroat (Epinecrophylla leucophthalma)
- Sclater’s Antwren (Myrmotherula sclateri)
- Dusky-cheeked Foliage-gleaner (Anabazenops dorsalis)
- Savanna Hawk (Buteogallus meridionalis)
- Gray Tinamou (Tinamus tao)
- Red-breasted Meadowlark (Leistes militaris)
- Yellow-breasted Antwren (Herpsilochmus axillaris)
- Many-striped Canastero (Asthenes flammulata)
- Point-tailed Palmcreeper (Berlepschia rikeri)
- Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius)
- Gray-and-gold Warbler (Myiothlypis fraseri)
- Crested Quetzal (Pharomachrus antisianus)
- Peruvian Wren (Cinnycerthia peruana)
- Tschudi’s Tapaculo (Scytalopus acutirostris)
- Dusky-tailed Flatbill (Ramphotrigon fuscicauda)
- Bar-winged Wood-Wren (Henicorhina leucoptera)
- Leymebamba Antpitta (Grallaricula leymebambae)
- Brazilian Tinamou (Crypturellus strigulosus)
- Black-capped Tyrannulet (Tyranniscus nigrocapillus)
- Variegated Flycatcher (Empidonomus varius)
- Black-and-white Antbird (Myrmochanes hemileucus)
- Plain-breasted Ground Dove (Columbina minuta)
- Swallow-tailed Hummingbird (Eupetomena macroura)
- Black-billed Treehunter (Thripadectes melanorhynchus)
- Castelnau’s Antshrike (Thamnophilus cryptoleucus)
- Collared Puffbird (Bucco capensis)
- Smoky Bush-Tyrant (Myiotheretes fumigatus)
- Red-billed Pied Tanager (Lamprospiza melanoleuca)
- Straight-billed Hermit (Phaethornis bourcieri)
- Olivaceous Greenlet (Hylophilus olivaceus)
- Red-headed Manakin (Ceratopipra rubrocapilla)
- Flavescent Flycatcher (Myiophobus flavicans)
- White-bellied Spinetail (Mazaria propinqua)
- Bicolored Hawk (Astur bicolor)
- Tyrannine Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla tyrannina)
- Ash-breasted Antbird (Myrmoborus lugubris)
- Black-and-white Tody-Flycatcher (Poecilotriccus capitalis)
- Slaty Finch (Haplospiza rustica)
- Red-ruffed Fruitcrow (Pyroderus scutatus)
- Zimmer’s Tody-Tyrant (Hemitriccus minimus)
- Spotted Puffbird (Bucco tamatia)
- Ochre-breasted Antpitta (Grallaricula flavirostris)
- Silky-tailed Nightjar (Antrostomus sericocaudatus)
- Chestnut-throated Spinetail (Synallaxis cherriei)
- Chusquea Tapaculo (Scytalopus parkeri)
- Pantanal Snipe (Gallinago paraguaiae)
- Maroon-chested Ground Dove (Paraclaravis mondetoura)
- White-browed Spinetail (Hellmayrea gularis)
- Yellow-breasted Crake (Laterallus flaviventer)