info: Get taxon information

API: catalogueoflife.org:catalogue-of-life-api
Endpoint: /dataset/{datasetKey}/taxon/{id}/info
Response format: application/json
Auth: none
Method: GET
Last Status: 200
Latency: 268ms

Description

Returns basic information about a taxon, similar to the taxon endpoint but with a different response format.

Parameters (2)

datasetKey (string, path, required)

Dataset identifier

id (string, path, required)

Taxon identifier

Examples (1)

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

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

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

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

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-04-16 17:38:08.538563 200 268ms
2026-04-16 02:08:36.108217 200 270ms
2026-04-15 01:44:46.089304 200 264ms
2026-04-14 03:18:42.842374 200 303ms
2026-04-12 14:41:33.761758 200 444ms
2026-04-10 02:01:12.264595 200 130ms
2026-04-09 00:27:59.611485 200 501ms
2026-04-08 07:31:40.929405 200 270ms
2026-04-07 01:47:47.762152 200 244ms
2026-04-06 05:24:39.371189 200 174ms
2026-04-05 02:46:13.387176 200 177ms
2026-04-04 03:27:47.338308 200 360ms
2026-04-03 12:55:56.460829 200 296ms
2026-03-30 12:05:14.300921 ERR