Useful Facebook Identification Groups
I decided to make a list of all the Facebook identification groups I normally use when trying to identify the things I photograph. Some groups are more "scientific", others not so much, but all of them have been really useful. People tend to be very helpful and usually have a pedagogical approach to my ID requests.
The groups listed bellow can be divided into 2 groups: the portuguese ones (where people speak portuguese) and the worldwide ones (where users tend to use english to communicate). There is also a spanish group where both spanish, portuguese and english can be used (although people prefer spanish).
I organised the list according to the taxonomic groups covered by each group. I made a small explanatory note when the subject of each group is not clear (either because the name is portuguese or because it is a very "broad themed" group).
Hope this can be usefull!
Birds
- Aves de Portugal Continental (Portugal)
- Observação de aves em Portugal (Portugal)
- Aves raras em Portugal continental (Rarities - Portugal)
- Bird Identification (Worldwide)
Mammals
- Mamíferos de Portugal (Portugal)
- Mamíferos de Portugal em estado selvagem (Portugal)
Animal tracks/traces
- MUSKARI RASTROS (Iberian Peninsula)
Reptiles and Amphibians
- Anfíbios e Répteis de Portugal (Reptiles and amphibians - Portugal)
- Reptile and Amphibian Identification (Worldwide)
- Turtle identification (Worldwide)
Fish and other marine or coastal organisms
- All Fish Species Identification (Worldwide)
- Marine Creature Identification (Worldwide)
- Crustacean Identification Group (Worldwide) (not all crustaceans are aquatic, but the group focus mostly on aquatic crustaceans)
Mollusks
- Snail Identification (Worldwide)
- British Marine Mollusca (British Isles)
- The Bivalves Club (Bivalvia - Worldwide)
Insects
- Artrópodes em Portugal (Portugal) (This one is a bit "global", since it includes not only insects but also arachnids, myriapods, and crustaceans)
- Lepidoptera em Portugal (Lepidoptera: butterflies and moths - Portugal)
- Libélulas e Libelinhas de Portugal (Odonata: dragonflies and damselflies - Portugal)
- Diptera em Portugal (Diptera: flies - Portugal)
- Orthoptera de Portugal (Orthoptera: grasshoppers, locusts and crickets - Portugal)
- Coleoptera em Portugal (Coleptera: beetles - Portugal)
- Hemiptera de Portugal (Hemiptera - cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, bed bugs and shield bugs - Portugal)
- Hymenoptera em Portugal(Hymenoptera: sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants - Portugal)
- Insects and other Invertebrates of Britain and Europe(Europe)
- Homeowners Entomology (Identification of insects you found at home - Worldwide)
- Insect Identification (Worldwide)
- The Moth And Butterfly Identification Forum (Worldwide)
- Bug Identification Group (Worldwide)
Spiders
- Arachnida em Portugal (Portugal)
- Spider Identification Page (Worldwide)
Plants, bryophytes and lichens
- Flora em Portugal (Portugal)
- Flores Silvestres Autóctones de Portugal (Wild and native flora only - Portugal)
- Plant Identification (Worldwide)
- Plant identification and discussion (Worldwide)
- Briófitos e Líquenes de Portugal(Bryophytes and lichens - Portugal)
- Lichen Identification (Worldwide)
Mushrooms
- FUNGI em Portugal (Portugal)
- Cogumelos em Portugal (Portugal)
- Fungos de Portugal (Portugal)
- Cogumelos Norte de Portugal (Portugal)
- Mushroom Identification (Worldwide)
- The Mushroom Identification Forum (Worldwide)
- Mushroom Identification Page (Worldwide)
- The Mushroom Identification Group (Worldwide)