When typing a scientific name in the identification box, it prioritises results where my query matches a common name in a different language, over results where my query matches the scientific name or a common name in my locale

[bouteloua]

@jdmore

So yes, I think this is not a bug, and probably a feature request to prioritize name search results based on your account settings for scientific vs. common name preference and locale - although I don’t know how technically feasible that will be. (Maybe throw in the ability to sort results by taxonomic rank while you are at it!)

I’m going to take this out of Bug Reports for now. If you want to pursue a Feature Request, please submit using the template for that Forum category.

Since there’s an existing feature request for this issue, I think it makes sense to focus the conversation there: forum.inaturalist.org/t/prioritize-scientific-name-over-synonym-and-names-in-other-languages-in-species-search/23191