🌍 Join the GSB ID Challenge! 🌿🔍

While many of us are out enjoying field season instead of sitting behind our computers doing IDs 😅 … there’s still a huge number of observations from previous year’s Great Southern Bioblitz waiting to be identified. It would be great if we could reduce this number.

It’s almost a year since #GSB2024 — so let’s mark the anniversary with a friendly ID Challenge!

The goal: see how many observations we can get identified (especially those currently “unknown”) before #GSB2025 kicks off.

We’ll share progress updates and give shout-outs to our ID Heroes 🦸‍♀️🦸‍♂️ along the way.

🔎 Areas to Focus On

🌏 Oceania

👉 Identify observations here.

📸 8,007 Observations

🌱 1,865 Species

👤 833 Identifiers

👥 604 Observers

🌍 Africa

👉 Identify observations here.

📸 6,027 Observations

🌱 1,319 Species

👤 579 Identifiers

👥 295 Observers

🌎 South America

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📸 15,261 Observations

🌱 2,791 Species

👤 1,650 Identifiers

👥 1,244 Observers

🌟 A Look Back: 2020’s Top ID Heroes

Australia (Oceania)

@bushbandit — 2,076 IDs

@thebeachcomber — 1,953 IDs

@reiner — 1,159 IDs

@alan_dandie — 1,126 IDs

@nicklambert — 1,118 IDs

Africa

@tonyrebelo — 6,782 IDs

@alanhorstmann — 3,041 IDs

@jeremygilmore — 2,991 IDs

@cmerry — 1,019 IDs

@rion_c — 895 IDs

South America

@tonyrebelo — 6,785 IDs

@alanhorstmann — 3,134 IDs

@jeremygilmore — 3,002 IDs

@lsueza — 2,125 IDs

@bushbandit — 2,076 IDs

💡 Tip: Even moving an “unknown” to a broad category like “plants,” “insects,” or “birds” makes it easier for specialists to pick it up later. Every little step counts!

Let’s work together across Oceania, Africa, and South America and see how many unknowns we can unlock before #GSB2025.