Just like Tropical Fire ant observations have an “introduced” status near its name, and on location pages, I would like it if there was a Vagrant status. It should ask for extra ID verification and should be marked on location pages. I would like the sign to be a capital red R on a black background,…

So, we could have an “out of range” or a “out of seasonal range” status.

It is not a vagrant in the whole province, but becomes vagrant as it is narrowed down won into counties and cities.

Maybe we can make them not auto-generated but curator-curated.

Otherwise, an unusual status, whether highcount or vagrant can be created.

[image] vihaking277: Maybe we can make them not auto-generated but curator-curated. Neither the occurrence status nor the establishment means are auto generated, both are manually entered.

Just out of naughtiness, let me add this wrinkle to the idea of “vagrant”. Some moths, like Mythimna unipuncta cannot survive a normal Canadian winter. Yet they show up in random groups every year, technically out of their range - are these vagrants, or are they migrants? And I agree with @cmcheatl…

But then what about places without a list?

They are migrants, as it is not unusual to spot them.

no, they are vagrants, migrancy infers passing through/over a place in order to get to a different location as part of a normal seasonal pattern of breeding etc. These are not doing that.

Each place can have a list, all major places (goverments, etc.) have a list or can create one.

Add a "vagrant" establishment means

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marina_gorbunova March 15, 2021, 6:53pm 49

Everywhere where species got established by its own is a native range, if humans assisted it it’s not a native range, surely range is changing over time, I think simple articles like Wikipedia have it right so it worth reading if you’re interested.

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Add a "vagrant" establishment means

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