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GBIF Get Taxon Children
List the direct child taxa of a GBIF Backbone taxon. Given a taxonKey (e.g. a genus), returns its immediate children one rank down (e.g. the species in that genus), with key, scientificName, rank and taxonomicStatus for each. Use to walk DOWN the taxonomic tree. Get a taxonKey from GBIF_match_name or GBIF_search_species. Example: taxon_key=2435194 (genus Panthera) -> Panthera leo (5219404), Panthera onca (5219426), Panthera tigris, etc. No API key required.
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Default GBIF Get Taxon Children call
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Expected response keys: success
Identifiers
- Catalog ID
- tu_GBIF_get_taxon_children
- Tool name
- GBIF_get_taxon_children
- Added
- 2026-07-29 18:13Z
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