{id}: Get taxon details by ID

API: catalogueoflife.org:catalogue-of-life-api
Endpoint: /dataset/{datasetKey}/taxon/{id}
Response format: application/json
Auth: none
Method: GET
Last Status: 200
Latency: 353ms

Description

Returns detailed information about a specific taxon, including its name, authorship, status, and classification.

Parameters (2)

datasetKey (string, path, required)

Dataset identifier

id (string, path, required)

Taxon identifier

Examples (1)

Get taxon details by ID openapi-spec
curl 'https://api.catalogueoflife.org/dataset/3LR/taxon/3GTH'
import requests

resp = requests.get("https://api.catalogueoflife.org/dataset/3LR/taxon/3GTH")
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("catalogueoflife")
result = api.fetch("dataset/{datasetKey}/taxon/{id}")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://api.catalogueoflife.org/dataset/3LR/taxon/3GTH");
const data = await resp.json();

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-04-16 01:11:59.347445 200 353ms
2026-04-15 00:48:38.084752 200 278ms
2026-04-14 00:04:06.461407 200 345ms
2026-04-12 14:10:50.008263 200 353ms
2026-04-10 02:22:46.328238 200 848ms
2026-04-09 02:33:03.370480 200 271ms
2026-04-08 01:19:42.630856 200 337ms
2026-04-07 01:11:09.070240 200 238ms
2026-04-05 19:33:19.215034 200 219ms
2026-04-05 00:30:32.444898 200 187ms
2026-04-04 02:43:34.017658 200 263ms
2026-04-03 12:21:17.121671 200 471ms
2026-03-30 12:02:12.458207 ERR