TIL eBird will rearrange your life list when you spot a species in its native range for the first time (If you had previously reported an exotic sighting)

So for anyone that isn't aware, you can view a list of all the birds you've reported, including where you saw it for the first time.

I'm travelling at the moment and excitedly watching my life list climb but I was very confused to see some birds show up near the top that I had definitely seen many times before. I thought it was a bug at first, but then realised that I had seen multiple birds today within their native range for the first time, and ebird has updated the place I've first seen them to those locations.

(Also I may be mixing up terms here, I know eBird has a specific system for categorising exotics but I haven't cross referenced it when making this post. Just putting in that disclaimer for if something doesn't make sense)