I think this is right. I just don't encounter that much speaking of species, if that makes sense. Most of the speech about species is often anecdotal, at best.

I think you both squared it correctly calling it a semantic debate. I wasn't trying to call you out as wrong. My caveat at the end was supposed to be how I realized this is shifted when talking about evolution. Rather, I was attempting the principal of charity.

I do fully agree that scientific writing should be more precise. However, I also think scientific readers should accept that there is a lot of context that goes into making some terms specific. To the point that it is best to have a readership that is attempting to reach a common understanding, not one that is expecting to be given vanilla facts.