Do you keep 'species seen' lists?

I do keep lists for my wild bird count (currently at 87 species, mostly seen at around 6 'birdwatching' months), but not for anything else. I was thinking of starting a captive species list, but as I don't actually frequent zoos that often (I know, shocking), I don't see the point at this point in time.
 
A bit late to the game, however I've finally finished working on my lifelist after two years of work (incredibly sporadically, of course). My numbers are as follows:

226 Mammals
273 Birds
243 Reptiles
59 Amphibians
409 Fish
166 Invertebrates

That allows for a grand total of 1,376 species. This figure could definitely be higher if I included more of the wild species I've seen, but maybe I'll enter those somewhere down the line, I'm not particularly bothered to do so.
 
It's been nine months since I started a Zoo Life List, I've been to a total of seven zoos and three aquariums, however I've decided to remove one zoo because the visit didn't go well and I didn't manage to get around the whole place, but I plan on a follow-up visit next year. As far as species, I've seen:

Mammals: 133 (though 19 of those are domestic breeds, so I'm not sure if I should've included them)
Reptiles: 36
Fish: 129
Birds: 87
Amphibians: 9
Invertebrates: 50
Total: 444

I've seen Coral and Lake Malawi cichlids a few times, but I don't list every individual species of coral or cichlid I see, because I've found that many places I visit don't actually name each individual species they have, the signs just say "Coral" and "Lake Malawi cichlids" respectively. I mean, I know I should take photos of each individual and upload them to Zoochat's animal identification section to ask what they are, but I really don't feel like doing so.
 
For some reason I've not posted here til now. I've been keeping a lifelist for quite a long time but got particularly serious about it about 5 years ago, which has cost me some species unfortunately but I'm still doing pretty good. I track wild and captive species together.

Mammals: 248 species
Birds: 692 species
Reptiles: 176 species
Amphibians: 35 species
Fish: 737 species
Invertebrates: 271 species
Total: 2,159 species

I also have a photo side to the lifelist, which is actually keeping up decently well all things considering.

Mammals: 214 of 248 species photo'd - 86%
Birds: 571 of 692 species photo'd - 83%
Reptiles: 135 of 176 species photo'd - 77%
Amphibians: 31 of 35 species photo'd - 89%
Fish: 598 of 737 species photo'd - 81%
Invertebrates: 220 of 271 species photo'd - 81%
Total: 1,769 of 2,159 species photo'd - 82%
 
I keep species seen lists, although I haven't compiled everything to see what my total is. I keep track of captive fish, birds and cephalopods (I'm not interested enough in mammals, herps, or most invertebrates to keep track of them), and keep track of all wild animals I can identify (iNaturalist comes in super handy for herps, mammals and inverts!).
 
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