Cortexa research tool·biomedical·gbif

GBIF Search Species

Find taxa by keyword (scientific/common names) in GBIF. Use to resolve organism names to stable taxon keys (rank, lineage) for downstream biodiversity/occurrence queries.

Livelast probed 2026-05-01 01:00Z· 807msCortexa

Status

The most recent probe succeeded. Safe to call from the agent today.

Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 807ms

Schema

JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.

{
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "default": 10,
      "description": "Maximum number of results to return (1–300).",
      "maximum": 300,
      "minimum": 1,
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "offset": {
      "default": 0,
      "description": "Result offset for pagination (0-based).",
      "minimum": 0,
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "query": {
      "description": "Search string for species/taxa (supports scientific/common names), e.g., 'Homo', 'Atlantic cod'.",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default GBIF Search Species call

public-safeinput

{
  "limit": 3,
  "offset": 1,
  "query": "BRCA1"
}

Expected response keys: success

Anonymous-safe example. Rate-limited; no sign-in required.

Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_GBIF_search_species
Tool name: GBIF_search_species
Added: 2026-05-01 00:58Z
Tags: tooluniverse

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