GBIF Species Scraper
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GBIF Species Scraper
Search the Global Biodiversity Information Facility taxonomic backbone. Returns scientific name, rank, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, status, and descendant count. Filter by rank from kingdom down to subspecies. Useful for biodiversity research and ecology projects.
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🦋 GBIF Species Scraper
🚀 Export species records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility in seconds. Scientific names, full taxonomy, ranks, and descendant counts — direct from the public GBIF API.
The GBIF Species Scraper turns the GBIF Species API public endpoint into a clean, structured dataset. It queries the source live, normalizes the response into one row per record, and pushes the result into an Apify dataset you can download or pipe to your warehouse.
Millions of species records across all kingdoms of life are covered in a single run, with stable field names and null-safe parsing.
| 🎯 Target Audience | 💡 Primary Use Cases |
|---|---|
| 🧬 Biologists | Build verified species checklists |
| 🌳 Ecologists | Cross-reference taxa against habitat datasets |
| 🎓 Educators | Generate classroom species cards |
| 🤖 ML teams | Train species-identification models |
📋 What the GBIF Species Scraper does
- Calls the public GBIF Species API endpoint with the parameters you supply.
- Parses the response and flattens each record into a single dataset row.
- Casts numeric fields to numbers where applicable for clean spreadsheet imports.
- Surfaces rate-limit or upstream errors as a single-row
errorrecord instead of crashing. - Exports to every Apify dataset format supported in the UI.
💡 Why it matters. The raw GBIF Species API response is great for API consumers but awkward for spreadsheets and BI tools. This actor normalizes the shape so the data drops straight into pandas, BigQuery, or a Google Sheet.
📊 Data fields
Each record includes: class, family, genus, kingdom, numDescendants, order, phylum, rank, results, scientificName, scrapedAt, taxonomicStatus. These field names come straight from the actor's dataset schema, so what you see here is what lands in your dataset.
⚠️ Good to Know. This actor calls the public GBIF Species API endpoint with no authentication required. Upstream rate limits apply; if the source returns a limit notice, you will see it as a single
errorrecord in your dataset.
🚀 How to use
- Click Try for free.
- Fill in the input (or leave defaults).
- Click Start.
- Within seconds, the dataset is ready for download or integration.
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