GBIF API

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) API provides access to species occurrence records, taxonomic information, and dataset metadata from biodiversity collections worldwide. Supports spatial queries via lat/lon, bounding box, and geometry parameters.

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Base URL: https://api.gbif.org/v1/
Auth: none
Endpoints: 16
Reachable: yes
CORS: unknown
Last checked: 2026-03-14 22:14:51.163047

Links

Homepage: https://www.gbif.org
API Base: https://api.gbif.org/v1/
SDKs:

100.0%

Uptime (7d)

293ms

Avg latency (7d)

56

Probes (7d)

Latency (7d)

Success Rate (7d)

Topics

BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

Endpoints

Method Path Summary Auth Last Status Latency
GET /dataset/search Search datasets — 200 189ms
GET /dataset/{key} Get dataset by key — 200 159ms
GET /installation List installations — — —
GET /network List networks — 200 187ms
GET /node List nodes — 200 991ms
GET /occurrence/count Count occurrence records — 200 798ms
GET /occurrence/search Search occurrence records — 200 311ms
GET /occurrence/{key} Get occurrence record by key — 200 207ms
GET /organization List organizations — 200 213ms
GET /organization/{key} Get organization by key — 404 105ms
GET /species/search Search species/taxa — 200 337ms
GET /species/suggest Auto-suggest species names — 200 145ms
GET /species/{id} Get species by ID — 200 129ms
GET /species/{key} Get species by key — 200 128ms
GET /species/{key}/children Get child taxa — 200 210ms
GET /species/{key}/related Get related species — 200 211ms