Priority species
Priority species are those that still have fewer than 150 recordings in eBird / the Macaulay Library — the minimum that Merlin Sound ID needs to recognize them well. Choose your country, state, or department and discover the species that are near you.
How to find priority species
- Go to the Sound Recording Dashboard.
- Choose your country, state, or department.
- Explore the list of species that still need recordings.
Join the Specialists Club!
If you record 30 or more priority species in 2026, you will enter the Specialists Club.
Specialists will participate in prize drawings throughout the year, including a professional parabolic microphone Crake Sound Stereo Mic + Zoom H1.
Explore priority species by country
Select your country to discover which species need recordings in your region
🇲🇽 Mexico · 🇧🇿 Belize · 🇬🇹 Guatemala · 🇸🇻 El Salvador · 🇭🇳 Honduras · 🇳🇮 Nicaragua · 🇨🇷 Costa Rica · 🇵🇦 Panama
🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda · 🇧🇸 Bahamas · 🇧🇧 Barbados · 🇨🇺 Cuba · 🇩🇲 Dominica · 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic · 🇬🇩 Grenada · 🇭🇹 Haiti · 🇯🇲 Jamaica · 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis · 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia · 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago · 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico · 🇦🇼 Aruba · 🇨🇼 Curaçao · 🇧🇶 Caribbean Netherlands · 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands · 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands · 🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands · 🇦🇮 Anguilla · 🇲🇸 Montserrat · 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands · 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten · 🇲🇫 Saint Martin · 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe · 🇲🇶 Martinique
By recording priority species you will help Merlin Sound ID recognize more birds around the world. Go find them!
Purplish-mantled Tanager © Jeff Hapeman Macaulay Library | eBird