# Regarding the iNat Help section

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/regarding-the-inat-help-section/52553>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [June 20, 2024, 6:45am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/regarding-the-inat-help-section/52553 "2024-06-20T06:45:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![centaur](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/centaur/32/738_2.png) [@centaur](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/centaur)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 6:45am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/regarding-the-inat-help-section/52553/1 "2024-06-20T06:45:34Z")

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Regarding to #5

#### **What does captive / cultivated mean?**

What does a parrot that escaped captivity and found in a forest near a city?  
he will probably wont be able to established itself, but there were birds who did it successfully.

So an observation of escaped bird is considered wild occurring to these rules?

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**Author:** ![optilete](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/optilete/32/1908_2.png) [@optilete](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/optilete)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 7:29am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/regarding-the-inat-help-section/52553/2 "2024-06-20T07:29:40Z")

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[https://help.inaturalist.org/es/support/solutions/articles/151000169932--qué-significa-cautivo-cultivado-](https://help.inaturalist.org/es/support/solutions/articles/151000169932--qu%C3%A9-significa-cautivo-cultivado-)  
[https://help.inaturalist.org/en/support/solutions/articles/151000169932-what-does-captive-cultivated-mean-](https://help.inaturalist.org/en/support/solutions/articles/151000169932-what-does-captive-cultivated-mean-)

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**Author:** ![gerrit\_oehm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/gerrit_oehm/32/12945_2.png) [@gerrit\_oehm](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/gerrit_oehm)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 10:09am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/regarding-the-inat-help-section/52553/3 "2024-06-20T10:09:15Z")

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See also old discussions in the forum, such as [https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/cultivated-wild-escaped-unsure/47851/18](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/cultivated-wild-escaped-unsure/47851/18)

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**Author:** ![bouteloua](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/bouteloua/32/1180_2.png) [@bouteloua](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/bouteloua)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 12:11pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/regarding-the-inat-help-section/52553/4 "2024-06-20T12:11:40Z")

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> [@centaur](#):
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> So an observation of escaped bird is considered wild occurring to these rules?

Yes, see the last bulletpoint of the FAQ: [https://help.inaturalist.org/en/support/solutions/articles/151000169932-what-does-captive-cultivated-mean-](https://help.inaturalist.org/en/support/solutions/articles/151000169932-what-does-captive-cultivated-mean-)

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**Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 12:12pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/regarding-the-inat-help-section/52553/5 "2024-08-19T12:12:05Z")

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