I just downloaded records of US maples (taxon ID = 47727). I was doing some quick sanity checking with the data and noticed that the Iconic Taxon Names included 5 records listed as Arachnida (2), Animalia, Fungi, or Mammalia. (Which is weird since they should all be Plantae).
Looking through the records, I think what’s happening is that the Iconic Taxon is set by the first ID suggested, even if that ID does not match the final community ID.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/23084987
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/23932396
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/24119822
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/26276370
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/35017722
Full download request here:
Query has= photos &quality_grade= research &identifications= any &place_id= 1 &taxon_id= 47727 &verifiable= true
Columns id, observed_on_string, observed_on, time_observed_at, time_zone, out_of_range, user_id, user_login, created_at, updated_at, quality_grade, license, url, image_url, sound_url, tag_list, description, id_please, num_identification_agreements, num_identification_disagreements, captive_cultivated, oauth_application_id, place_guess, latitude, longitude, positional_accuracy, geoprivacy, taxon_geoprivacy, coordinates_obscured, positioning_method, positioning_device, place_county_name, place_state_name, place_country_name, place_admin1_name, place_admin2_name, species_guess, scientific_name, common_name, iconic_taxon_name, taxon_id