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  1. awiner

    Scythebill transfer

    The Sp./Hyb. button lets you turn your species into a "sp." or hybrid of two species. Why wouldn't it be there for a monotypic species? It's got absolutely nothing to do with subspecies.
  2. awiner

    Scythebill transfer

    There is basically no way for that to happen, really and truly (assuming you did just copy over the .bsxm file and didn't doing something like a .csv export and then an import into a blank file). What could have happened is that you're using to having, say, Browse by species or Show reports...
  3. awiner

    Scythebill transfer

    In general, before doing anything that is monumentally tedious, drop me a line.
  4. awiner

    Scythebill transfer

    There's no options to choose a subspecies because Black-capped Flycatcher is monotypic!
  5. awiner

    Scythebill transfer

    This shows if you click the "sp./hyb." button - it's used if you have a sighting that was originally entered as a single species, but you've realized you should have entered it as a "sp.". Like, say you realized that you didn't really identify a Mongolian Sand-Plover, and you want to change it...
  6. awiner

    Scythebill transfer

    There's a much faster way: go to Show reports, and change the report type from "Location" "in" "", to "Sp./Hybrid" "is" "Sp.". See the attached screenshot. It'll show you both the intentional "sp."s (you couldn't field identify the difference between two species) and unintentional (you...
  7. awiner

    Scythebill transfer

    Yeah, it's always just the .bsxm file. No need to go through .csv files or any other rigamarole. "Save a copy as" is a good shortcut to get a new copy if you don't know where your .bsxm file is, though you can also use "Open containing folder" in the File menu to get to the right window. The...
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