How do I search for lost IDs?

Is there a way to search for observations that I have given an ID for, but which haven’t wound up in that taxon. For example, I’ve identified 3 observations as P. salebrosa, but only 2 observations are in that taxon. So there’s a 3rd observation that’s probably stuck at family-level or order-level. How do I find those “lost” observations?

If it is for a specific taxon that you know about, this will list all your id’s of that taxon:
https://www.inaturalist.org/identifications?user_id=joe_fish&taxon_id=503532

Just replace the taxon id as relevant. The first column lists the current community ID, the 2nd your ID.

thanks. is there an interface for making this search, or do I have to just manually enter the taxon into the url?

none I am aware of.

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In addition, if you want to search for observations where anyone, not just yourself, has suggested a given ID, including obs where the IDs are in disagreement, you can use the URL parameter “ident_taxon_id=123456” on the Explore and Identify pages.

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If you’re interested in upvoting it, there’s a feature request to make identifications more easily searchable here:
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/search-and-filter-identifications/1304

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