GBIF Species Occurrence Normalizer 🌍🐾

Search GBIF's 3.9 billion biodiversity occurrence records with intelligent species name normalization. Enter common names like "mountain lion" or scientific names like "Panthera leo" — get cleaned, taxonomy-enriched occurrence data with geographic distribution summaries.

Value-add over raw GBIF API: Common name → scientific name resolution (200+ species), taxonomic hierarchy enrichment, country name normalization, human-readable output with geographic distribution tables.

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
searchQuery	string	✅	Species name — common or scientific (e.g. "blue whale", "Puma concolor")
country	string	❌	Two-letter ISO country code filter (e.g. "GB", "US", "BR")
yearStart	string	❌	Start year for occurrence records (e.g. "2020")
yearEnd	string	❌	End year for occurrence records (e.g. "2024")
maxResults	integer	❌	Max records to return (1-500, default: 50)

Example Input

{
  "searchQuery": "Puma concolor",
  "country": "US",
  "yearStart": "2023",
  "yearEnd": "2024",
  "maxResults": 50
}

Example Output

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  GBIF SPECIES OCCURRENCE RESULTS
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  Query:          Puma concolor
  Scientific:     Puma concolor
  Taxonomy:       Animalia > Chordata > Mammalia > Carnivora > Felidae
  Rank:           SPECIES | Status: ACCEPTED
  Retrieved:      50 occurrences
  Countries:      12 countries

  #  Date         Country                   Lat      Lon Basis of Record
───  ──────────── ──────────────────────── ──────── ───────── ────────────────────
  1  2024-01-07   United States of America  34.7832 -119.5579 Human Observation
  2  2024-01-04   Mexico                    18.4429  -89.9585 Human Observation
  3  2023-12-15   Canada                    51.0234 -115.1234 Preserved Specimen
  ...

  Geographic Distribution:
    United States of America        23 occurrences
    Mexico                           8 occurrences
    Canada                           5 occurrences
    Brazil                           4 occurrences
    Argentina                        3 occurrences
    ...

  Data source: GBIF.org
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Use Cases

• Environmental Impact Assessments — Check species presence in project areas before development
• Conservation Research — Track species distribution across countries and time periods
• Biodiversity Monitoring — Monitor species occurrence trends for conservation planning
• Academic Research — Access cleaned, normalized biodiversity data for papers and studies
• Biosecurity — Track invasive species spread across geographic regions

Data Source

This Actor uses the GBIF Occurrence API, which is free and requires no API key. GBIF — the Global Biodiversity Information Facility — is an international network funded by governments worldwide, providing open access to biodiversity data.

Data license: Varies by dataset; most GBIF-mediated data is licensed under CC BY 4.0 or CC0.

Pricing

$1.00 per 1,000 results. Each occurrence record counts as one result.

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Built by Chris The Dev — passionate about making biodiversity data accessible and useful.