GBIF Biodiversity Scraper - Species, Occurrences
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GBIF Biodiversity Scraper - Species, Occurrences
Search species occurrences and taxonomy from GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility) free public API.
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GBIF Biodiversity Scraper
Search species and occurrence (sighting) records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) free public API. No key.
For ecology research, citizen science, conservation, biodiversity dashboards.
Modes
| Mode | What |
|---|---|
species_search | Search species by name |
species_by_keys | Full details for specific GBIF species keys |
occurrence_search | Sighting records filtered by name / country / year |
Input
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
mode | String (required) | One of the above. |
query | String | Search keyword (Latin/common name). |
speciesKeys | Array | GBIF integer keys. |
country | String | ISO-2 country code (occurrence). |
year | String | Single year or YYYY,YYYY range. |
maxItems | Integer | Default 50, max 1000. |
Output
Species:
{"kind": "species", "key": 2435099,"scientificName": "Puma concolor (Linnaeus, 1771)","vernacularName": "Puma", "rank": "SPECIES","kingdom": "Animalia", "phylum": "Chordata", "class": "Mammalia","order": "Carnivora", "family": "Felidae", "genus": "Puma", "species": "concolor","numOccurrences": 89000, "url": "https://www.gbif.org/species/2435099"}
Occurrence:
{"kind": "occurrence", "key": 1234567890,"scientificName": "Puma concolor","decimalLatitude": -22.91, "decimalLongitude": -43.20,"country": "Brazil", "countryCode": "BR","eventDate": "2023-05-12T08:30:00", "year": 2023,"basisOfRecord": "HUMAN_OBSERVATION", "recordedBy": "..."}
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$0.0005/record.
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