When I look at my species list I can see that the species are shown in order of how many observations I have of them. But I also have alot of species I’ve only observed once and those species seem to be just thrown into the species list randomly. Other than number of observations what are species or…

It is the ‘tree of life’ taxonomy. But you can toggle various options.

[image] DianaStuder: But you can toggle various options. Can you show me where that is? For some reason it isn’t in the content and display section in settings. I know I can select “Sort: Name” in my life list on the website but I’m talking about sorting the species list in grid form in alpha…

Open your life list in lists, there’s no way to sort it that way on explore page.

Sorry - I missed the Android app.

I’ve had a similar question myself. It doesn’t look to me like these lists are ordered using taxonomy though. For example, if I look at observations of the family Geotrupidae then look at observations with only one (or any other value) the taxa in each genus are not together. In this example, the or…

Maybe the date the taxon was added?

The date when the taxon was added to the iNat database or the date when the taxon was observed and added to the species list? Because I know it isn’t the latter, they seem to just be thrown in randomly.

Th order they were added to the iNat database. I haven’t tested it at all though, just a complete guess.

Does it seem bizarre that alphabetical order isn’t an option?

How are species organized in my species list?

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sammydstecher May 21, 2022, 5:12am 10

Just looked, from the few I can see history for it seems correct.

Topic		Replies	Views
How to sort observation by taxa? General web , question	8	1534	July 19, 2020
Sorting sightings - Taxonomic order or chronological order? General	4	1230	November 2, 2019
Change order of species in search results General question	7	977	October 27, 2020
Sort observations alphabetically by species and place Feature Requests	17	1699	July 22, 2024
Dynamic Life List: add taxonomic sort parameter to species/observation list Feature Requests	2	575	June 13, 2023

How are species organized in my species list?

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