Help Expand Merlin in Venezuela
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!
- Oriole Blackbird (Gymnomystax mexicanus)
- Stripe-backed Wren (Campylorhynchus nuchalis)
- Burnished-buff Tanager (Stilpnia cayana)
- Gray Seedeater (Sporophila intermedia)
- Whistling Heron (Syrigma sibilatrix)
- Rufescent Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma lineatum)
- Savanna Hawk (Buteogallus meridionalis)
- Slender-billed Tyrannulet (Inezia tenuirostris)
- Blue-capped Tanager (Sporathraupis cyanocephala)
- Groove-billed Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus sulcatus)
- Spot-breasted Woodpecker (Colaptes punctigula)
- Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis)
- American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)
- Double-striped Thick-knee (Hesperoburhinus bistriatus)
- Golden Tanager (Tangara arthus)
- Black-collared Hawk (Busarellus nigricollis)
- Pileated Finch (Coryphospingus pileatus)
- Golden-breasted Fruiteater (Pipreola aureopectus)
- Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)
- Caracas Tapaculo (Scytalopus caracae)
- Painted Parakeet (Pyrrhura picta)
- Orinocan Saltator (Saltator orenocensis)
- Variegated Flycatcher (Empidonomus varius)
- White-whiskered Spinetail (Synallaxis candei)
- Green Honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza)
- Plain-breasted Ground Dove (Columbina minuta)
- Blue Dacnis (Dacnis cayana)
- Red-breasted Meadowlark (Leistes militaris)
- Montane Foliage-gleaner (Anabacerthia striaticollis)
- White-tipped Quetzal (Pharomachrus fulgidus)
- Gray-rumped Swift (Chaetura cinereiventris)
- Pale-tipped Tyrannulet (Inezia caudata)
- Schwartz’s Antthrush (Chamaeza turdina)
- Variable Chachalaca (Ortalis motmot)
- Marble-faced Bristle-Tyrant (Pogonotriccus ophthalmicus)
- Violet-headed Hummingbird (Klais guimeti)
- Yellow-bellied Siskin (Spinus xanthogastrus)
- Masked Yellowthroat (Geothlypis aequinoctialis)
- Bicolored Hawk (Astur bicolor)
- Lacrimose Mountain Tanager (Anisognathus lacrymosus)
- White Bellbird (Procnias albus)
- Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius)
- Streaked Tuftedcheek (Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii)
- Flavescent Flycatcher (Myiophobus flavicans)
- Bronze-winged Parrot (Pionus chalcopterus)
- Black-capped Tyrannulet (Tyranniscus nigrocapillus)
- Golden-winged Parakeet (Brotogeris chrysoptera)
- Gray Tinamou (Tinamus tao)
- Moustached Puffbird (Malacoptila mystacalis)
- Amazonian Plain-Xenops (Xenops genibarbis)
- Little Cuckoo (Coccycua minuta)
- Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum nigriceps)
- Buff-cheeked Greenlet (Pachysylvia muscicapina)
- Guianan Trogon (Trogon violaceus)
- Streak-throated Bush-Tyrant (Myiotheretes striaticollis)
- Crested Quetzal (Pharomachrus antisianus)
- Brown-capped Tyrannulet (Ornithion brunneicapillus)
- Red-headed Barbet (Eubucco bourcierii)
- Barred Fruiteater (Pipreola arcuata)
- Red-fan Parrot (Deroptyus accipitrinus)
- Lemon-browed Flycatcher (Conopias cinchoneti)
- Rufous-throated Antbird (Gymnopithys rufigula)
- Straight-billed Hermit (Phaethornis bourcieri)
- Barred Becard (Pachyramphus versicolor)
- Pantanal Snipe (Gallinago paraguaiae)
- Painted Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum pictum)
- Plain-colored Seedeater (Catamenia inornata)
- Capuchinbird (Perissocephalus tricolor)
- Smoky Bush-Tyrant (Myiotheretes fumigatus)
- Chestnut Woodpecker (Celeus elegans)
- Tiny Tyrant-Manakin (Tyranneutes virescens)
- White-browed Spinetail (Hellmayrea gularis)
- Red-ruffed Fruitcrow (Pyroderus scutatus)
- Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher (Poecilotriccus ruficeps)
- Sulphury Flycatcher (Tyrannopsis sulphurea)
- White-vented Euphonia (Euphonia minuta)
- Cherrie’s Antwren (Myrmotherula cherriei)
- Little Woodpecker (Dryobates passerinus)
- Maroon-tailed Parakeet (Pyrrhura melanura)
- Yellow-breasted Crake (Laterallus flaviventer)
- Spotted Puffbird (Bucco tamatia)
- Giant Snipe (Gallinago undulata)
- Point-tailed Palmcreeper (Berlepschia rikeri)