Accept numerical taxon IDs in searches

[dgwdoesthings]

It would improve certain workflows to have the species search bar that appears on the home page, identify mode and observations to accept the currently used in urls (taxon_id=6930, ident_taxon_id=6930, /taxa/6930 ) numerical taxon id’s as an alternative input (ex. 6930 = Anas platyrhynchos/Mallard)

It would allow additional recognizable inputs, currently there a lot of different inputs that go back to the same species and this could be one more. Sometimes I remember numbers better and I have found myself remembering the inat taxon id for something first since I have been working with it in urls.
Maybe there are others out there who have experienced this? Maybe someone else might find this useful?

[thomaseverest]

I have never tried to remember taxon IDs (I think that would be much harder for me), but it could be useful for copying/pasting. When curators edit a parent taxon, they have the opportunity to put the taxon ID without needing to select anything from a drop-down.

[tiwane]

Made a github issue here: https://github.com/inaturalist/inaturalist/issues/4362

[bazwal]

This feature seems to have been implemented by these two changes: #501, #502.

[dgwdoesthings]

and causing unintentional disruptions to some users workflow, an aspect I did not consider when I suggested this feature