diff --git a/scripts/species_tools.php b/scripts/species_tools.php
index ddeec81..580341a 100644
--- a/scripts/species_tools.php
+++ b/scripts/species_tools.php
@@ -14,9 +14,17 @@ $db->busyTimeout(1000);
 $base_symlink   = $home . '/BirdSongs/Extracted/By_Date';
 $base           = realpath($base_symlink); // used only for safety checks
 
+$confirm_file   = __DIR__ . '/confirmed_species_list.txt';
 $exclude_file   = __DIR__ . '/exclude_species_list.txt';
 $whitelist_file = __DIR__ . '/whitelist_species_list.txt';
 
+foreach ([$confirm_file, $exclude_file, $whitelist_file] as $file) {
+    if (!file_exists($file)) {
+        touch($file);
+    }
+}
+
+$confirmed_species   = file_exists($confirm_file)   ? file($confirm_file,   FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES | FILE_SKIP_EMPTY_LINES) : [];
 $excluded_species    = file_exists($exclude_file)   ? file($exclude_file,   FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES | FILE_SKIP_EMPTY_LINES) : [];
 $whitelisted_species = file_exists($whitelist_file) ? file($whitelist_file, FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES | FILE_SKIP_EMPTY_LINES) : [];
 
@@ -90,7 +98,7 @@ function collect_species_targets(SQLite3 $db, string $species, string $home, $ba
   ];
 }
 
-/* ---------- toggle exclude/whitelist ---------- */
+/* ---------- toggle exclude/whitelist/confirmed ---------- */
 if (isset($_GET['toggle'], $_GET['species'], $_GET['action'])) {
   $list    = $_GET['toggle'];
   $species = htmlspecialchars_decode($_GET['species'], ENT_QUOTES);
@@ -99,6 +107,8 @@ if (isset($_GET['toggle'], $_GET['species'], $_GET['action'])) {
     $file = $exclude_file;
   } elseif ($list === 'whitelist') {
     $file = $whitelist_file;
+  } elseif ($list === 'confirmed') {
+    $file = $confirm_file;
   } else {
     header('Content-Type: text/plain'); echo 'Invalid list type'; exit;
   }
@@ -151,6 +161,13 @@ if (isset($_GET['delete'])) {
   $del->execute();
   $lines_deleted = $db->changes();
 
+  // Remove from confirmed list
+  if ($info['sci'] !== null && file_exists($confirm_file)) {
+    $identifier = str_replace("'", '', $info['sci']);
+    $lines = array_values(array_filter($confirmed_species, fn($l) => $l !== $identifier));
+    file_put_contents($confirm_file, implode("\n", $lines) . (empty($lines) ? "" : "\n"));
+  }
+
   echo json_encode(['lines' => $lines_deleted, 'files' => $deleted]); exit;
 }
 
@@ -172,8 +189,9 @@ $result = fetch_species_array('alphabetical');
       <th onclick="sortTable(2)">Identifications</th>
       <th onclick="sortTable(3)">Max Confidence</th>
       <th onclick="sortTable(4)">Threshold</th>
-      <th onclick="sortTable(5)">Excluded</th>
-      <th onclick="sortTable(6)">Whitelisted</th>
+      <th onclick="sortTable(5)">Confirmed</th>
+      <th onclick="sortTable(6)">Excluded</th>
+      <th onclick="sortTable(7)">Whitelisted</th>
       <th>Delete</th>
     </tr>
   </thead>
@@ -184,13 +202,19 @@ $result = fetch_species_array('alphabetical');
   $count  = (int)$row['Count'];
   $max_confidence = round((float)$row['MaxConfidence'] * 100, 1);
   $identifier = str_replace("'", '', $row['Sci_Name'].'_'.$row['Com_Name']);
+  $identifier_sci = str_replace("'", '', $row['Sci_Name']);
 
   $common_link = "<a href='views.php?view=Recordings&species="
     . rawurlencode($row['Sci_Name']) . "'>{$common}</a>";
 
+  $is_confirmed   = in_array($identifier_sci, $confirmed_species, true);
   $is_excluded    = in_array($identifier, $excluded_species, true);
   $is_whitelisted = in_array($identifier, $whitelisted_species, true);
 
+  $confirm_cell = $is_confirmed
+    ? "<img style='cursor:pointer;max-width:12px;max-height:12px' src='images/check.svg' onclick=\"toggleSpecies('confirmed','".str_replace("'", '', $identifier_sci)."','del')\">"
+    : "<span class='circle-icon' onclick=\"toggleSpecies('confirmed','".str_replace("'", '', $identifier_sci)."','add')\"></span>";
+
   $excl_cell = $is_excluded
     ? "<img style='cursor:pointer;max-width:12px;max-height:12px' src='images/check.svg' onclick=\"toggleSpecies('exclude','".str_replace("'", '', $identifier)."','del')\">"
     : "<span class='circle-icon' onclick=\"toggleSpecies('exclude','".str_replace("'", '', $identifier)."','add')\"></span>";
@@ -202,6 +226,7 @@ $result = fetch_species_array('alphabetical');
   echo "<tr data-comname=\"{$common}\"><td>{$common_link}</td><td><i>{$scient}</i></td><td>{$count}</td>"
      . "<td data-sort='{$max_confidence}'>{$max_confidence}%</td>"
      . "<td class='threshold' data-sort='0'>0.0000</td>"
+     . "<td data-sort='".($is_confirmed?0:1)."'>".$confirm_cell."</td>"
      . "<td data-sort='".($is_excluded?0:1)."'>".$excl_cell."</td>"
      . "<td data-sort='".($is_whitelisted?0:1)."'>".$white_cell."</td>"
      . "<td><img style='cursor:pointer;max-width:20px' src='images/delete.svg' onclick=\"deleteSpecies('".addslashes($row['Com_Name'])."')\"></td></tr>";