Maybe we should have BOW codes on iNaturalist

[swampster]

@cyanfox

It seems that you have confused BOW codes, which don’t contain homonyms,

Can you link to the list of BotW codes? The site uses a “code” of some sort (6 letters followed by a number) in the URL for each species, but I don’t see anywhere that suggests this “lexicon” is used outside of web navigation purposes. They don’t even show up in the “names” tab for any given species.

As I said in the previous thread:

@swampster

MODO is literally used all the time, to the point where birders will use that shorthand verbally in the field. With the exception of the common names, the 4-digit AOU codes are likely the next most popular way to refer to these species in the field.