GBIF Match Name
Resolve a free-text scientific name to the single best-matching GBIF Backbone taxon. Unlike GBIF_search_species / GBIF_suggest_species (which return ranked candidate lists), this returns the one authoritative match with a stable usageKey (taxonKey), matchType (EXACT/FUZZY/HIGHERRANK/NONE), a confidence score (0-100), taxonomic status, and the full key-bearing lineage (kingdomKey..speciesKey). This is the GBIF-recommended way to map names to stable taxon keys for downstream occurrence queries. E…
Overview
Resolve a free-text scientific name to the single best-matching GBIF Backbone taxon. Unlike GBIF_search_species / GBIF_suggest_species (which return ranked candidate lists), this returns the one authoritative match with a stable usageKey (taxonKey), matchType (EXACT/FUZZY/HIGHERRANK/NONE), a confidence score (0-100), taxonomic status, and the full key-bearing lineage (kingdomKey..speciesKey). This is the GBIF-recommended way to map names to stable taxon keys for downstream occurrence queries. Example: name='Puma concolor' -> usageKey 2435099, matchType EXACT, confidence 99. No API key required.
Schema
JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.
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Examples (1)
Default GBIF Match Name call
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Identifiers
- Catalog ID
- tu_GBIF_match_name
- Tool name
- GBIF_match_name
- Added
- 2026-07-29 18:13Z
- Tags
- tooluniverse