For UK observations, I get down to 84 before I get to something I haven’t observed - Horse Chestnut - I’ve seen them, but only in cultivation.
For Europe as a whole I’m missing:
33, European Firebug (Pyrrhocoris apterus) (very rare in UK, 7 observations)
48, Chicory (Cichorium intybus)
It looks like my island is to Europe’s list what the USA is to the world list.
Going by seen, not observed. I am missing Western Fence Lizard, Seven-spotted Lady Beetle, Mule Deer, Blue Dasher, and Eastern Pondhawk from the top 50.
Okay, setting it to my area, Greater Antilles (which took some doing), and taking those seen, not just “observed” in the iNat sense, I am actually missing several of the early ones, but that is because they may be abundant on some islands but not on mine.
1 Crested anole – Puerto Rico
3 Green Iguana – almost all on Puerto Rico
5 Northern curly-tailed lizard – Cuba and Cayman Islands
So, narrow it down to just my island, Hispaniola
4 Hispaniolan green anole
15 Haitian curlytail lizard
21 Hispaniolan common tree frog (maybe; I have seen similar-looking frogs but could not ID them)
33 Rhinoceros iguana
34 Hispaniolan parakeet
35 Dominican graceful anole
37 Hispaniolan giant amieva
38 American flamingo
41 Cape May warbler
48 Cope’s Antilles snake
54 Sosua sage
55 Santo Domingo curlytail lizard
57 White-cheeked pintail
67 Hispaniolan khaki curlytail lizard
73 Altagracia graceful anole
So, from the names of some of these, it appears that they may be endemic to specific localities within the island. Plus I need to learn more herps.
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I think it’s time to compare what we had a year ago and now!
World list changed since the topic started, so there’re new species I haven’t seen:
Downy Woodpecker moved up to 39th position
Phytolacca americana seems new too on 41st.
American Goldfinch on 47th place.
So now I miss 30 species from world list.
Sadly there’s no Eurasia place anymore and general search isn’t working because of heavy load, so I stopped at Europe, where I still haven’t seen Podarcis muralis at 61st place and Fagus sylvatica at 73rd. For Russia I stop at 305th Long-tailed Rosefinch.
Update: I got a picture of a White-tailed deer footprint! https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/100567284
Out of the top 50, I’ve not seen:
White-tailed deer
Cardinal (technically I saw one, but I couldn’t get a pic so it doesn’t count)
Common Eastern bumblebee
Garlic Mustard
Red Clover
Common Milkweed
Ground-Ivy
Poison Ivy
But if I limit it to California species, out of the top 500 I am missing only:
For the world, I have not seen:
#3, Monarch
#4, Asian Lady Beetle
#10, White-tailed Deer
#11, Great Egret
#13, Northern Cardinal
#23, Northern Mockingbird
#25, Western Fence Lizard
#28, Red Admiral
#29, Common Slider
#34, Garlic Mustard
#41, American Pokeweed
#43, Common Milkweed
#46, Ground-Ivy
#49, Poison Ivy
So 36/50
For my state, I have not seen:
#14, Pacific Banana Slug
#16, Pacific Trillium
#34, Western Skunk Cabbage
#46, Pacific Bleeding Heart
So 46/50
For world birds, I have not seen:
#7, Great Egret
#16, Northern Mockingbird
#24, Snowy Egret
#25, Wild Turkey
#31, Great-tailed Grackle
#32, Red-shouldered Hawk
#33, Ring-billed Gull
#37, Grey Heron
#38, Black-crowned Night-Heron
#39, Great Tit
#41, Eastern Bluebird
#43, Mute Swan
#44, Brown Pelican
#48, Red-bellied Woodpecker
#49, American Kestrel
So 35/50
For birds in my state, I have not seen:
#36, Wood Duck
#43, Pied-billed Grebe
#46, Surf Scoter
So 47/50
Great idea to update! Quoting from my July 2020 post:
I can’t say much has changed in the world perspective. At the time I posted this thread, I haven’t observed any of the species since, it’s just the order of most observed is reshuffled.
3 Monarch
13. Northern Cardinal
24. Common Eastern Bumblebee
31. American Toad
34. Garlic Mustard
41. American Pokeweed
43. Common Milkweed
46. Ground-Ivy
49. Poison Ivy
41/50
I checked up on birds and most of them are European.
8 Northern Cardinal
34. Eurasian Blackbird
37. Gray Heron
39. Great Tit
41. Eastern Bluebird
48. Red-bellied Woodpecker
52. Black Vulture
54. Common Chaffinch
60. White Wagtail
63. Eurasian Coot
65. European Robin
66. Black-headed Gull
67. Vermilion Flycatcher
68. Eurasian Magpie
70. Carolina Wren
71. White-winged Dove
76. Common Buzzard
77. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
79. Eurasian Tree House
81. Great Cormorant
86. White Ibis
88. Laughing Gull
89. Eurasian Blue Tit
90. Common Wood-Pigeon
91. Great Spotted Woodpecker
95. Hood Crow
99. Tufted Titmouse
44/50 and 73/100
And Oregon:
5 Pacific Trillium
9. Pacific Banana Slug
20. Rough-skinned Newt
33. Candy Flower
34. Trailing Blackberry
38. Yellow-faced Bumblebee
39. Rose Spiraea
40. Purple Foxglove
41. Fringe Cups
42. Pacific Bleeding Heart
49. Cross Obweaver
54. Osoberry
55. Herb Robert
64. Red-flowering Currant
65. Fly Agaric
67. Pacific Poison Oak
71. Oregon Iris
73. Ragwort
76. Pacific Sideband
77. Turkey-Tail
79. Pacific Madrone
82. Shining Crane’s-Bill
85. Red Deadnettle
92. Oregon Ash
98. Giant White Fawn Lily
39/50 and 75/100
What’s the most common species of animal seen where your live that you still haven’t managed to get an observation of?
Mine’s personally a chipmunk.
I mean just Chipmunks in general, including Eastern.
I’ve seen them all over the place, but I never seem to have my camera with me whenever I see one.
I frequent a local wildlife preserve called the Clark County Wetlands Park. Supposedly there are beavers living there, I just haven’t seen them myself. I have seen trees chewed down by them, their tracks, and a few possible dams. I know I’ll see them eventually.
Yesterday I wanted to take a photo of a wonderful blackbird but unfortunately I forgot my camera, too.
I wonder why I see nothing interesting when I have my camera and when I don’t have it with me why I’m seeing special things.
Then I’m overthinking and promising myself to always have any camera with me…
I guess with ‚haven’t seen‘ you mean ‚not observed‘. For me both expressions are equal. When I see any living thing, theres no way I won’t upload it on iNat ;)
@hellcatxtreme Welcome to the Forum!
For me, there are a couple. One is raccoons. They are around - my neighbor saw two in my back yard a couple of years ago. The second is the Long Horned Owl. I think I have one observation that may or may not be one, but I’m not convinced of the ID. There are a number of common invertebrates that I have not seen. There are also some common life forms around here that I’ve seen in my life, but it was before my iNat days!
Please refer to this thread: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/top-observed-species-on-inaturalist-which-ones-have-you-not-seen/14965
Mine is the Gulf Fritillary…the most seen butterfly in my state (Florida) on iNat. I’ve seen them quite frequently but haven’t managed to get a picture.
Same here with our Eurasian beavers. I’ve seen tons of tracks in tons of different places, in my area alone there must be so many of them…but I just can’t find one.
Tracks and chew marks/gnaws can both be uploaded as beaver observations (doesn’t count as “seeing one”, but can definitely be an observation!)