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INaturalist Search Observations

Search for georeferenced species observations from iNaturalist citizen scientists. Filter by taxon, location, date, and quality grade. Returns observation details including species, location, observer, date, and photo URLs. Useful for biodiversity surveys, species distribution mapping, and ecological research. Example: research-grade observations of bottlenose dolphins (taxon 41482) returns recent sightings with GPS coordinates.

Livelast probed 2026-05-01 01:00Z· 105msCortexa

Status

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

Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 105ms

Schema

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

{
  "properties": {
    "per_page": {
      "description": "Number of results (1-200, default 10).",
      "type": [
        "integer",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "place_id": {
      "description": "iNaturalist place ID to filter by location. Example: 10211 (Yellowstone National Park).",
      "type": [
        "integer",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "quality_grade": {
      "description": "Observation quality: 'research' (community-verified), 'needs_id' (unverified), or 'casual'. Default: 'research'.",
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "query": {
      "description": "Text search for species name. Alternative to taxon_id.",
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "taxon_id": {
      "description": "iNaturalist taxon ID to filter by. Examples: 41482 (bottlenose dolphin), 41944 (tiger), 48662 (monarch butterfly).",
      "type": [
        "integer",
        "null"
      ]
    }
  },
  "required": [],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default INaturalist Search Observations call

public-safeinput

{}

Expected response keys: success

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

Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_iNaturalist_search_observations
Tool name: iNaturalist_search_observations
Added: 2026-05-01 00:58Z
Tags: tooluniverse

INaturalist Search Observations

Livelast probed 2026-05-01 01:00Z· 105msCortexa

Schema

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

{ "properties": { "per_page": { "description": "Number of results (1-200, default 10).", "type": [ "integer", "null" ] }, "place_id": { "description": "iNaturalist place ID to filter by location. Example: 10211 (Yellowstone National Park).", "type": [ "integer", "null" ] }, "quality_grade": { "description": "Observation quality: 'research' (community-verified), 'needs_id' (unverified), or 'casual'. Default: 'research'.", "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "query": { "description": "Text search for species name. Alternative to taxon_id.", "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "taxon_id": { "description": "iNaturalist taxon ID to filter by. Examples: 41482 (bottlenose dolphin), 41944 (tiger), 48662 (monarch butterfly).", "type": [ "integer", "null" ] } }, "required": [], "type": "object" }