# Finding Taxon Swaps

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/finding-taxon-swaps/26280>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [September 12, 2021, 5:33pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/finding-taxon-swaps/26280 "2021-09-12T17:33:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![sdhjuw](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/sdhjuw/32/16117_2.png) [@sdhjuw](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/sdhjuw)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2021, 5:33pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/finding-taxon-swaps/26280/1 "2021-09-12T17:33:29Z")

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Is there a way to search for taxon swaps that have affected your observations? They tend to get lost in my feed and I’d like to go though and ensure my observations are correct. I also want to stay up to date with taxonomies.

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**Author:** ![mrtnlowr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/mrtnlowr/32/6890_2.png) [@mrtnlowr](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/mrtnlowr)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2021, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/finding-taxon-swaps/26280/2 "2021-09-12T17:46:50Z")

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You could use [this url](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxon_changes?utf8=%E2%9C%93) and complete the filters. :)

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**Author:** ![bouteloua](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/bouteloua/32/1180_2.png) [@bouteloua](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/bouteloua)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2021, 5:53pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/finding-taxon-swaps/26280/3 "2021-09-12T17:53:51Z")

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I’m not quite sure how to find the ones that affect all your observations and not just your own IDs on your observations.

But you can see your taxon change IDs on your obs with the iNat Identifications API + a more user-friendly way to visualize it like @pisum has put together:

[https://jumear.github.io/stirfry/iNatAPIv1\_identifications.html?current=true&is\_change=true&own\_observation=true&user\_id=bouteloua](https://jumear.github.io/stirfry/iNatAPIv1_identifications.html?current=true&is_change=true&own_observation=true&user_id=bouteloua)

Edit: Oops, it doesn’t look like @sdhjuw is your iNaturalist username - would you mind updating your Forum account to match? :)

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**Author:** ![sdhjuw](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/sdhjuw/32/16117_2.png) [@sdhjuw](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/sdhjuw)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2021, 6:01pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/finding-taxon-swaps/26280/4 "2021-09-12T18:01:59Z")

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Uh oh, new forum topic for me, I can’t see to change this easily. I am nickmoore91 on iNaturalist.

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**Author:** ![sdhjuw](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/sdhjuw/32/16117_2.png) [@sdhjuw](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/sdhjuw)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2021, 6:19pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/finding-taxon-swaps/26280/5 "2021-09-12T18:19:09Z")

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But this is awesome, I need to learn more about the more technical things that can be done with the URLs, but it’s a bit out of my comfort zone. Any chance you have a good link to definitions of the parameters I can input to this awesome search?

Edit: I found it ([https://api.inaturalist.org/v1/docs/#!/Identifications/get\_identifications](https://api.inaturalist.org/v1/docs/#!/Identifications/get_identifications))

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**Author:** ![bouteloua](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/bouteloua/32/1180_2.png) [@bouteloua](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/bouteloua)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2021, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/finding-taxon-swaps/26280/7 "2021-09-12T19:28:30Z")

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You can update your forum username on the Account tab of your Preferences page:

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/3/d/3d1c24e39a1e4f50ee0bc7e1178a8bb9c8bc20d9.png)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/2X/7/7831452cf7f0d653ff1ffd34176334b7ef1b6a17.png) [@system](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2021, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/finding-taxon-swaps/26280/8 "2021-11-11T19:28:40Z")

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