# Sorting sightings - Taxonomic order or chronological order?

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/sorting-sightings-taxonomic-order-or-chronological-order/7703>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [November 2, 2019, 4:00pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/sorting-sightings-taxonomic-order-or-chronological-order/7703 "2019-11-02T16:00:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![tomdudones](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tomdudones/32/3805_2.png) [@tomdudones](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tomdudones)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2019, 4:00pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/sorting-sightings-taxonomic-order-or-chronological-order/7703/1 "2019-11-02T16:00:48Z")

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It seems that when I go to “my observations” the default view is the order in which I entered them. Is there a way to sort “my observations” into 1) taxonomic order or 2) chronological order - ie, by date observed, rather than date added to iNaturalist ?

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**Author:** ![cmcheatle](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/cmcheatle/32/37_2.png) [@cmcheatle](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/cmcheatle)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2019, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/sorting-sightings-taxonomic-order-or-chronological-order/7703/2 "2019-11-02T16:18:05Z")

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If you mean the your observations page  
[https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place\_id=any&user\_id=cmcheatle&verifiable=any](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&user_id=cmcheatle&verifiable=any)

Replace my user name with yours or just follow the link in the header bar, you can sort by date observed by clicking the triangle next to the column header. There is no taxonomic sort here.

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**Author:** ![tomdudones](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tomdudones/32/3805_2.png) [@tomdudones](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tomdudones)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2019, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/sorting-sightings-taxonomic-order-or-chronological-order/7703/3 "2019-11-02T16:23:51Z")

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Got it - as far as the chonological sorting goes. Unfortunate not to have a taxonomic option tho. Thanks

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**Author:** ![upupa-epops](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/upupa-epops/32/1972_2.png) [@upupa-epops](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/upupa-epops)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2019, 5:38pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/sorting-sightings-taxonomic-order-or-chronological-order/7703/4 "2019-11-02T17:38:08Z")

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There is a feature request for that here: [https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/implement-taxonomic-view-for-observations-search-page/244](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/implement-taxonomic-view-for-observations-search-page/244)  
From the comments on that thread it looks like the developers are considering adding it next year.

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**Author:** ![marina\_gorbunova](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/marina_gorbunova/32/31454_2.png) [@marina\_gorbunova](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/marina_gorbunova)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2019, 9:28pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/sorting-sightings-taxonomic-order-or-chronological-order/7703/5 "2019-11-02T21:28:13Z")

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For now you can open your life list and it will be in taxonomic order, also it seems easier to work with than the whole obs page.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/2X/7/7831452cf7f0d653ff1ffd34176334b7ef1b6a17.png) [@system](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/sorting-sightings-taxonomic-order-or-chronological-order/7703/6 "2020-01-01T21:28:18Z")

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