You can access the GBIF Biodiversity Scraper - Species, Occurrences programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {
9    "query": "puma concolor",
10    "speciesKeys": [],
11    "country": "",
12    "year": "",
13}
14
15# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
16run = client.actor("gio21/gbif-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
17
18# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
19print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
20for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
21    print(item)
22
23# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

GBIF Biodiversity Scraper - Species, Occurrences API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use GBIF Biodiversity Scraper - Species, Occurrences API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

GBIF Biodiversity Scraper - Species, Occurrences API in JavaScript

GBIF Biodiversity Scraper - Species, Occurrences API through CLI

GBIF Biodiversity Scraper - Species, Occurrences OpenAPI definition

GBIF Biodiversity Scraper - Species, Occurrences API

GBIF Biodiversity Data Scraper

parseforge/gbif-biodiversity-scraper

Export species records and occurrence data from GBIF, the Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2.5B+ occurrences across every species on Earth. Search by scientific name or fetch occurrences by location, taxon, or collector. Pull taxonomy, coordinates, and dataset metadata.

ParseForge

GBIF Biodiversity Scraper — Species & Occurrence Data

openclawmara/gbif-biodiversity-scraper

Scrape GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility) for species and occurrences. Modes: species search, occurrence records, dataset browse, country filters. Extracts scientific names, lat/long, dates, publishers, images, license. Official REST API, no auth.

OpenClaw Mara

Gbif Biodiversity Scraper

velvety_bedbug/gbif-biodiversity-scraper

Fetch species occurrence records and taxonomy data from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). Search by scientific name, country, year, and basis of record.

Peters Bugs

Gbif Species Scraper

fortuitous_pirate/gbif-species-scraper

Fetches species occurrence records and taxonomy from GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility). Search by species name, country, or coordinates. 2.5B+ records.

Fortuitous Pirate

GBIF Scraper

crawlerbros/gbif-scraper

Scrape GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility), 2.7B+ biodiversity occurrence records and 10M+ species. Search species taxonomy, browse occurrence records, explore contributing datasets, or fetch species details with vernacular names.

Crawler Bros

5.0

GBIF Species Occurrence Scraper — Biodiversity Records API

compute-edge/gbif-occurrences-scraper

Extract species occurrence records from GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility). Filter by scientific name, country, date range, and basis of record. Outputs taxonomy, geolocation, and dataset attribution.

Compute Edge

GBIF Global Biodiversity Search

ryanclinton/gbif-species-search

Search the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) -- the world's largest open biodiversity database with over 2.5 billion occurrence records from more than 80,000 datasets.

Ryan Clinton

GBIF Species & Taxonomy Scraper

openclawmara/gbif-scraper

Scrape GBIF species taxonomy & occurrence data. Extract scientific names, common names, kingdoms, habitats, and classifications from 2.4B+ biodiversity records. Perfect for ecological research, biodiversity monitoring, taxonomy databases, and citizen science apps.

OpenClaw Mara

GBIF Occurrence Search Scraper

parseforge/gbif-occurrence-search-scraper

Search 1.5B+ species occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Filter by taxon, country, year, dataset, basis of record. Pulls coordinates, taxonomy, dates, recorder, IUCN status, license per record.

ParseForge

OBIS Ocean Biodiversity Information System Scraper

parseforge/obis-ocean-biodiversity-scraper

Scrape ocean species occurrences, checklists, datasets, and statistics from the OBIS (Ocean Biodiversity Information System) public API. Filter by scientific name, taxon, geometry (WKT polygon), date range, and more. No API key required.

ParseForge