Observation Fields
Observation fields are additional data fields that can be added to observations.
| Name | Date Added | Datatype | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Habitat (s Afr) | 2017-10-20 | text | Please fill in the biome level habitats for your observation. |
| Insect life stage | 2013-05-06 | text | Insects have a lot of life stages, hopefully we can encapsulate them all here. I doubt I have all of them, so please comment if you want me to add more. Larvae = caterpillars, grubs, maggots, eta. Pupae = chrysalides, etc. Teneral = recently molted adult. |
| Count | 2012-01-13 | text | How many individuals did you observe? |
| iSpot reference (2014-2017) | 2018-03-07 | text | just the number portion of the url www.ispotnature.org/node/#### |
| Observado URL | 2016-11-27 | text | URL of this record on http://observation.org |
| iSpot ID | 2017-12-07 | text | The species ID on iSpot at migration |
| iSpot Certainty | 2017-12-07 | numeric | The Expert Equivalent rating used by SANBI for Identifications on iSpot (1 professional taxonomist = 1.000) |
| Habitat | 2012-06-23 | text | Provide description of habitat |
| Altitude/Depth in m: (s Afr) | 2017-10-12 | text | in metres ("+" for above msl, "-" (minus) for below sea level) |
| Diving, snorkeling, angling, shore etc | 2016-12-01 | text | Records whether the image was taken while diving, angling, beach washup or photographed from the shore |
| Invasive? | 2013-06-06 | text | Invasive in the area observed? Info may be shared with various invasive plant monitoring groups |
| Host Plant ID | 2017-06-03 | taxon | Host of a herbivore or parasite species |
| Count of Individuals Observed | 2014-09-03 | text | Total number of individuals observed or estimated |
| Interaction->Visited flower of | 2015-08-13 | taxon | The observed species was seen visiting flowers of this plant (and possibly pollinating the flowers). |
| Dead or alive | 2012-11-20 | text | Is the organism alive or dead? |
| Nectar / Pollen delivering plant | 2016-06-15 | taxon | Flowering plant being visited |
| Mushroom Observer URL | 2016-06-26 | text | URL of this record on http://mushroomobserver.org |
| Submitted by QuestaGame Player | 2018-07-03 | text | Used to keep track of useful statistics for QuestaGame players who submit through iNaturalist |
| Fungus Substrate/Host | 2017-05-11 | text | What is the fungus growing on? Soil (include type if known), wood, (include type if known), insects, animal remains (bones, hair, scat), other fungi. |
| QuestaGame Sighting No. | 2018-07-09 | text | Used to identify the QuestaGame sighting corresponding to the iNaturalist observation |
| Sex | 2012-01-23 | text | Sex of the individual observed. Choose "mixed" for a group with multiple sexes. |
| Flowering Phenology | 2012-05-10 | text | Is the plant bare (can't find any evidence of this season's reproductive material), budding (but not yet flowering), in flower, or in fruit (or seed)? |
| Life stage of fish | 2016-12-01 | text | Records the life stage of the fish; egg, larva, juvenile, adult |
| Associated species with names lookup | 2013-04-06 | taxon | You can also add one of the many "interaction: " fields to describe exactly how your species were associated. |
| Mushroom Observer Consensus Name | 2016-06-26 | text | Consensus taxon name for this record on http://mushroomobserver.org |
| Fungus Habitat | 2017-05-11 | text | Write a brief description of the habitat where the fungus is growing, including some plant species if possible. e.g. Tall Eucalpytus delegatensis forest with Dicksonia antarctica ferns. Or growing in parkland. |
| QuestaGame Final ID | 2018-07-12 | text | Used to Identify sightings based on what it was verified as on QuestaGame |
| Plant phenology->most common flowering/fruiting reproductive stage | 2013-04-11 | text | Which one of the following reproductive stages is most common on your plant(s)? |
| Elevation (m) | 2012-11-03 | numeric | What was the elevation in meters? |
| Bowerbird URL | 2019-05-20 | text | URL of this record on http://www.bowerbird.org.au |
