Why identifying ‘by range’ is a problem

[barbetsmith]

@paul_dennehy

So yes, I will continue to disagree with IDs of wildly-out-of-range species that hypothetically could be correct were it not for the range.

I think these kinds of IDs need to be made on a taxon-by-taxon basis. You highlight a good example of a class of cases where it’s more justified, but for many other taxa it may be more typically much less necessary or useful. So I wouldn’t just say that ID by range is just generally good practice on iNat.