There was a topic posted back in Sept 2020 about a way to search for needed/missing species (https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/a-way-to-search-needed-missing-species/15979). The second comment was that this feature was being worked on. Did anything happen with this? I was just thinking there are so many cool things I haven’t seen even locally to me that I don’t even know to look for.
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On your dynamic life list there’s a feature that sounds similar to what you’re looking for. Here’s an example that I’ve used your username and Sacramento County CA; https://www.inaturalist.org/lifelists/vermfly?view=tree&details_view=unobservedSpecies&place_id=2339 . You can filter to specific taxon, too.
You can access this page by hovering over your profile image on the top right and clicking “Lists”
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Thanks. But I’m specifically thinking of species that I’ve never seen before anywhere. It looks like I can only see things I haven’t seen in the county that have been seen by someone else.
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does something like this work for you?
you can edit the latitude, latitude, radius (in kilometers), month, and inat username to get results relevant to you.
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Still not quite the thing I’m searching for. I want to see records of:
- Species I have never recorded an observation for anywhere.
- Records of those species in the area near me.
Try using the unobserved_by_user_id filter in Explore. I tried it on my home area and it seemed to do exactly what you’re looking for.
My example search: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=153904&unobserved_by_user_id=fluffyinca
One for you, with no location set: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&unobserved_by_user_id=vermfly&view=species
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