GET /occurrence/count

gbif.org:gbif-api

Summary: Count occurrence records
Operation ID: occurrenceCount
Auth: unknown
Description

Returns the count of occurrence records matching the provided filters. Same parameters as /occurrence/search but returns only a count.

Parameters (7)

basisOfRecord (string, query, optional)

Type of record

country (string, query, optional)

ISO 3166-1-alpha-2 country code

datasetKey (string, query, optional)

Dataset key that published the occurrence

geometry (string, query, optional)

WKT geometry string for spatial filtering

hasCoordinate (boolean, query, optional)

Filter to records with coordinates

taxonKey (integer, query, optional)

Taxon key from the GBIF backbone

year (string, query, optional)

Year of observation

Examples (5)

TitleTypeURLAction
Count occurrences in Norway curl https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/count?country=NO
Count human observations with coordinates curl https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/count?basisOfRecord=HUMAN_OBSERVATION&hasCoordinate=true
Count occurrences for Carnivora in 2023 curl https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/count?taxonKey=212&year=2023
Count occurrences with isGeoreferenced=true doc_extracted https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/count?isGeoreferenced=True
Count occurrences with georeference filter doc_extracted https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/count?isGeoreferenced=true

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-03-23 10:24:57.466567 200 798ms
2026-03-23 09:40:23.651578 200 129ms
2026-03-23 09:23:44.120588 200 197ms
2026-03-23 09:06:52.641578 200 300ms
2026-03-23 09:02:40.135686 400 128ms

Response Changes

WhenOldNew
2026-03-23 09:06:52.641578 87ef6fefd32a 6887b25f0639
2026-03-23 09:23:44.120588 6887b25f0639 fe9975ba5efc
2026-03-23 09:40:23.651578 fe9975ba5efc 6887b25f0639
2026-03-23 10:24:57.466567 6887b25f0639 9db29c10a82f