Cortexa research tool·biomedical·inaturalist

INaturalist Search Taxa

Search for species and taxa in the iNaturalist taxonomy. Returns matching organisms with their scientific and common names, taxonomic rank, observation count, and conservation status. iNaturalist aggregates citizen science biodiversity observations worldwide. Example: searching 'Panthera tigris' returns the tiger with 22000+ observations.

Livelast probed 2026-05-01 01:00Z· 488msCortexa

Status

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

Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 488ms

Schema

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

{
  "properties": {
    "per_page": {
      "description": "Number of results to return (1-200, default 10).",
      "type": [
        "integer",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "query": {
      "description": "Search query for taxon name (scientific or common). Examples: 'Panthera tigris', 'monarch butterfly', 'redwood', 'Homo sapiens', 'blue whale'.",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default INaturalist Search Taxa call

public-safeinput

{
  "query": "BRCA1"
}

Expected response keys: success

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

Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_iNaturalist_search_taxa
Tool name: iNaturalist_search_taxa
Added: 2026-05-01 00:58Z
Tags: tooluniverse

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