Do you keep 'species seen' lists?

I keep life lists of wild vertebrates, I do not list captive animals. I have done very little travel outside of the Midwestern US but within it I am well-traveled (especially in my home state of Wisconsin):

Mammals: 35 species
Birds: 260 species
Reptiles/Amphibians: 24 species
Fishes: 24 species
 
Here are my current numbers from my life list (captive and wild animals). I also take note of subspecies where possible (e.g. carpet pythons – M. s. spilota, M. s. mcdowelli, M. s. cheynei, M. s. variegata, M. s. imbricata). I still have a long way to go but I am not going too badly considering the poor diversity of certain groups like exotic mammals and birds in Australia. I also have a lot of native birds and reptiles to still tick off my list.

My life list is currently as followed:
  • 132 mammal species (including 3 species of monotreme and 41 species of marsupial)
  • 309 bird species
  • 125 reptile species
  • 14 amphibian species
  • 661 fish species
  • Invertebrates are still a work in progress
 
As for mammals ( without domestic species ) in captivity, I am on 886 taxa for now.
 
I don't, but due to this post I might start making a list! I really like the idea of keeping track of all the species that you have ever seen.
 
JurassicMax said:
I don't, but due to this post I might start making a list! I really like the idea of keeping track of all the species that you have ever seen.
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It's honestly really fun (albeit challenging at times) to create one. It you need any help creating one I can help you to the best of my ability.
 
Hipporex said:
It's honestly really fun (albeit challenging at times) to create one. It you need any help creating one I can help you to the best of my ability.
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That would be nice! I have now made a google spreadsheet containing separate tabs for each animal class, with columns for the species names (Dutch, English and Latin) as well as the location/zoo where I have seen them and the date. Eventually I want to divide each class into sub-groups like nocturnal etc. Do you have any suggestions of what I should change/add?
 
In my opinion Google Slides is better than Google Spreadsheets because you can add images on slides so if you ever forget what an animal looks like, you have a picture for it.
 
That's a good point, but I could also look up the species name online.;)
But maybe I will do this as a future project idk.
 
JurassicMax said:
That would be nice! I have now made a google spreadsheet containing separate tabs for each animal class, with columns for the species names (Dutch, English and Latin) as well as the location/zoo where I have seen them and the date. Eventually I want to divide each class into sub-groups like nocturnal etc. Do you have any suggestions of what I should change/add?
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It's your species list so you can do it however you want but personally I recommend categorizing it by either taxonomy, alphabetically, or both. IMO it makes it easier when you're trying to look up if you've seen a species. Also, I personally use Google Docs but I admit a Google spreadsheet is probably better, I'd probably use one if I knew how it works.
 
I started to use Scythebill software with John Hall's mammal species list: Scythebill . My mammal list is around 540 species , 99 Families , no subspecies included.
 
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Hipporex said:
It's your species list so you can do it however you want but personally I recommend categorizing it by either taxonomy, alphabetically, or both. IMO it makes it easier when you're trying to look up if you've seen a species. Also, I personally use Google Docs but I admit a Google spreadsheet is probably better, I'd probably use one if I knew how it works.
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I eventually want to order it by both taxonomy and alphabetically, but for now my list is almost empty and I need to start adding the species. Thanks again for the suggestions!
 
I used to (only for wild animals), but then I noticed that I pretty much suck at identifying animals.
 
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