Species that are pending being added to the cv currently have this message:
It says requirements change with each model and I was wondering if there is a reference to find what the latest requirements are? I had at one point heard 50 observations or total images?
A few taxa have very low verifiavle observations and are mostly captive individuals but got added to the cv, I dont know if this is new but I was not aware of this(for example https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1560830 or https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1127342)
Sampling of Lowest observation counts by iconic taxa added in latest model
| Species | # observations | # of images |
|---|
| Leucocelis aeneicollis | 61 | 220 |
| Linothele longicauda | 63 | 146 |
| Breviceps poweri | 62 | 133 |
| Arrhenia lobata | 66 | 262 |
| Mico schneideri | 65 | 157 |
| Oliva ornata | 65 | 145 |
| Gecarcoidea humei | 65 | 150 |
| Castilleja salsuginosa | 60 | 176 |
| Dendrelaphis striatus | 63 | 144 |
| Castilleja salsuginosa | 60 | 176 |
| Castilleja salsuginosa | 60 | 176 |
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I sorted by lowest observation count (ignoring sp that have a large proportion of captive obs), so there is a possibility of a taxon with higher observations but lower total number of pictures, but I thought this would be representative enough
Based on this data a rough estimate is that the cv threshold is less than or equal to 60 observations or 133 images.
This is potentially cause for concern since I know multiple taxa that met this as of December 28, 2025 when v.2.28 was exported, but were not included in the latest update. These taxa I am aware of right now are lichens and bryophytes and I wonder if there is any reasoning behind exclusion and if so why? I only noticed this because I became the top identifier for a few taxa and identified more than 50 to species level and was waiting to see when they would be added.
From the latest CV update blog post
taxa (mostly species, but also genera, families, etc.) are added to the model once there are around 100 photos and 60 observations
Also https://help.inaturalist.org/en/support/solutions/articles/151000170368-which-taxa-are-included-in-the-computer-vision-suggestions-
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So the question still stands, why do I find taxa that has passed this lower limit (months ago) yet is still not added…
This has never been the case from my memory at least for the total no. of photos, which for as long as I can remember has always been higher than the required number of observations at a ratio of roughly 2:1 or 5:3. Perhaps what you’re thinking of is number of observations within that pool that are required to have a community ID (see eg Scott’s comment at https://www.inaturalist.org/blog/124110)
As Diana mentioned above, the current requirement re number of photos + records is ~100 photos/60 observations. This has been the case for a few years at least now. There are then a bunch of other requirements also (eg the community ID one mentioned above)
The CV has trained on casual records for quite a while now, this is not new (possibly from the very beginning? Unsure)
But at that time, did those records fulfil the other requirements? Or were they in the same situation as the Sedum one discussed at the most recent blog post?
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Upon evaluation it seems some of the species I was referencing have a large proportion of observations do not have a community taxon at species level and that is the limiting factor. Frustrating and not immediately obvious.
Well, this is presumably easy enough to change if you know how to identify the species or are willing to learn – add IDs to some of the ones that are not yet RG to push the species over the threshold for the next round of CV training.
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The first rule was 100 photos. Since we cannot easily see that number, I drifted to … about 60 obs does it from checking Why is this taxon still Pending ? That - 60 obs - is now ‘the guideline’. And if ‘my taxon of query’ IS still pending - that is motivation to see if I can find some obs to move towards Included (thank you, CV). I might also call in taxon specialists to help, if an obs seems worth their time and effort.
And sometimes quiet chaos that takes a few rounds of CV updates to resolve, due to taxonomy splits and swaps and rename and reinstate old names and shuffle the deck = as you were before.
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Yes, except in the ones I know about I am the one who has added the first id and I need the second
