Why is it that I get almost double the number of species when I click Observations vs. when I look at my life list? I thought new observations were supposed to automatically be updated to my life list. Some, of course, are not identified to the species level, but I’ve unchecked that, so that should…

It’s a bit of a long explanation, but there a few factors - mainly that the two count taxa in different ways, and that life lists is a buggy feature which isn’t always in sync with your observations. A thorough explanation is here: https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/how_inaturalist_counts_taxa I als…

Thanks for the link. The main reason I like using the lists feature is because it has a tool to sort the taxa in a tree-like hierarchy. By seeing a number about half of what shows in observations, I was afraid I was missing some observations. BTW, you have some errors in the document, e.g., “the th…

[image] victorengel: The main reason I like using the lists feature is because it has a tool to sort the taxa in a tree-like hierarchy. You may be interested in voting for this feature request , addressing this very issue.

Life List vs. Observations

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schoenitz September 28, 2019, 4:08pm 4

You may be interested in voting for this feature request, addressing this very issue.

Is there a way to see suggestions from other for an ID that I missed/overlooked?

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Life List vs. Observations

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