Change the recorder name on an incoming iNaturalist record

Submitted by Darwyn on

On iNaturalist I've posted images of specimens in a collection I possess.

There the recorder has to be registered as me. I can add a note there to say who the original recorder was.

When the record comes through to iRecord it still shows as me as recorder.

I was 1 year old when Leonard Kidd collected that specimen

How do I change the name of the recorder?

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Submitted by CristianeForgiarini on Fri, 23/01/2026 - 10:56

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Hi, you should edit the record directly in iRecord. Go to your list of records in iRecord and click to edit the record (right size). You can include his name at 'Identify by', in case he was the person that identified the specimen or include information about species collection at the 'comment' box.

Submitted by Jim Alder on Fri, 23/01/2026 - 18:25

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I dont think you can change the name as the record has been migrated from iNat to iRecord. To edit records on iRecord you would have had to entered them directly onto iRecord under your account (whilst logged in).  The verifier for the records would be able to edit them for you though, if you know who that is.