Identify Bird Songs and Calls with Sound ID

Sound ID listens to the birds around you and shows real-time suggestions for who’s singing. Compare your recording to the songs and calls in Merlin to confirm what you heard.

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Supported regions

Sound ID in the Merlin Bird ID app is currently available for 1,382 species of birds. This includes comprehensive coverage in the United States, Canada, Europe, and the Western Palearctic, and coverage of more common and widespread species in India and the Neotropics.

You can help Merlin Sound ID add 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.

Merlin Sound ID is powered by smartphone recordings, so anybody with a smartphone has everything needed to make recordings and help! The Macaulay Library’s smartphone recording tips are a great place to get started.

Supported birds:

How can I bring Merlin Sound ID to my region?

Everyone can contribute.

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