I feel like this has been brought up before but there are a lot of small inconsistencies in the identification count for taxa depending on where they are listed on the site. I’ve noticed it before and it’s not really much of an issue, it’s just confusing! Here’s an example, with Austrosalomona fa…

I think some of the reasons for the differences are described in the posts below (though there may be others on the forum, these were just the ones at the top of my search): https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/identifications-count-is-different-from-my-profile-and-when-you-click-identifications/23000 h…

Thanks, it looks like they could definitely be some of the causes. Why are they all counted in different ways though?

Inconsistencies in identification counts for taxa

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Inconsistencies in identification counts for taxa

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