How to find out what we *haven't* observed yet

We have built a variety of comparison tables in iNaturalist.nz that can help us work out what species we haven’t ticked off the "to find" list. What the comparison tables show is a column for observation of every species ever found in the Christchurch District area that we’re using for the Challenge, and a column showing the tally for those species during the City Nature Challenge. These lists are dynamic and should update as we add new observations - but you may need to refresh them every now and then to keep them current.

Because the lists are limited to 500 taxa each, I’ve had to divide some of the big taxonomic groups up. This was most problematic for the dicots. Unfortunately, I had to split these across a few very random lists…. But hopefully this will still be useful!

Fungi and Lichens EXCEPT Agaricomycetes
Agaricomycetes

Birds
Amphibians and Reptiles
Mammals
Coleoptera
Crustaceans, Myriapods and Entognathans
Lepidoptera
Chelicerates
Other - includes Fish, Molluscs, Slime Moulds

Non-vascular plants
Non-angiosperm vascular plants
Monocots

Dicots - list 1
Dicots - list 2
Dicots - list 3
Dicots - Asterales only

And here are some of the things that have not apparently been reported yet - although I’m well aware that many people have observations that won’t be uploaded until after the event. (And the "compare" tool is sort of experimental so we can’t be 100% certain it’s working exactly right.)

-NZ ice plant
-Boneseed (!!!!)
-European Spindle Tree
-Harrier
-Greenfinch
-White-banded house jumping spider
-2-spotted ladybird
-hare
-stoat
-NZ looper
-Boulder copper

…that’s a tiny sample, of course, but the take-home message is: don’t ignore the common stuff and/or the exotics! It all counts!

Posted on 27 de abril de 2019, 01:42 AM by laura-nz