# Using species\_count for ranks higher than species

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/using-species-count-for-ranks-higher-than-species/85548>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** api\
**Created:** [September 18, 2026, 12:17am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/using-species-count-for-ranks-higher-than-species/85548 "2026-09-18T00:17:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![pisum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@pisum](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/pisum)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 10:41am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/using-species-count-for-ranks-higher-than-species/85548/11 "2026-09-24T10:41:04Z")

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great. this might help [some folks](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/seasonality-of-species-for-location/66082/6) who wanted something like this for non-bird taxa.

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