I think there are some guides on how to do this, but that it can be very clade-specific! There’s no general “right” way to photograph an organism to tell it from distinct related species. But in terms of a self-paced self-guided course, maybe a wiki is a good way to start? Here was an attempt: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/observing-identifying-wildlife-wiki/
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