# Unobserved Species **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [September 22, 2023, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unobserved-species/45429 "2023-09-22T15:43:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![raphael1c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f14d63/32.png) [@raphael1c](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/raphael1c)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unobserved-species/45429/1 "2023-09-22T15:43:39Z")
Is there a place to find a list of known species that have not yet been observed on Inaturalist? It would be great to know what to look out for if you ever entered those unobserved species’ ranges. ---
**Author:** ![tiwane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tiwane/32/54612_2.png) [@tiwane](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tiwane)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unobserved-species/45429/2 "2023-09-22T18:14:59Z")
There isn’t an existing list. I imagine you could probably use the API to get a list of taxa with 0 observations. For some “complete” clades - mostly vertebrates - you can go to the taxon page (eg [Mammals](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/40151-Mammalia)), click on Trends and go down to Wanted to see some taxa that are known to exist but have no iNat observations. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/7/7/77c6f018c006c0301c89528747077d79f325ad54.png) ---
**Author:** ![raphael1c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f14d63/32.png) [@raphael1c](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/raphael1c)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 1:43pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unobserved-species/45429/3 "2023-09-23T13:43:38Z")
Many thanks! Pardon my ignorance: what is the API? ---
**Author:** ![jasonhernandez74](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/jasonhernandez74/32/33615_2.png) [@jasonhernandez74](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/jasonhernandez74)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 8:11pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unobserved-species/45429/4 "2023-09-25T20:11:12Z")
> [@tiwane](#): > > click on Trends and go down to Wanted to see some taxa that are known to exist but have no iNat observations. Based on the names, it appears that observers in North America and Western Europe are out of luck. ---
**Author:** ![carnifex](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/carnifex/32/62_2.png) [@carnifex](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/carnifex)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unobserved-species/45429/5 "2023-09-29T14:44:13Z")
Why are there three names per species in the screenshot - English, German and scientific? Is there a setting for this? ---
**Author:** ![tiwane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tiwane/32/54612_2.png) [@tiwane](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tiwane)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 8:56pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unobserved-species/45429/6 "2023-10-02T20:56:47Z")
> [@carnifex](#): > > Is there a setting for this? Not yet… 😉 Hopefully soon. ---
**Author:** ![cthawley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/cthawley/32/1445_2.png) [@cthawley](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/cthawley)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 12:33am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unobserved-species/45429/7 "2023-10-03T00:33:25Z")
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/API](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/API) [https://api.inaturalist.org/v1/docs/](https://api.inaturalist.org/v1/docs/) ---
**Author:** ![carnifex](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/carnifex/32/62_2.png) [@carnifex](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/carnifex)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 5:54pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unobserved-species/45429/8 "2023-10-23T17:54:51Z")
looking forward to its implementation 🤗 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/2X/7/7831452cf7f0d653ff1ffd34176334b7ef1b6a17.png) [@system](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2023, 5:55pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unobserved-species/45429/9 "2023-12-22T17:55:15Z")
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