# Sort the Species Tab by Higher Level Taxa

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/sort-the-species-tab-by-higher-level-taxa/3043>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [May 9, 2019, 2:23am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/sort-the-species-tab-by-higher-level-taxa/3043 "2019-05-09T02:23:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![amascola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e9bcb4/32.png) [@amascola](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/amascola)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 9:54pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/sort-the-species-tab-by-higher-level-taxa/3043/10 "2019-10-13T21:54:07Z")

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By allowing one to sort by higher level taxa rather than observation frequency or date it would allow the user to have a constantly updated field guide of a given area. This seems very useful.

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