(Almost) everything you want to know about the GBIF Species API
Today, we are talking about the GBIF Species API. Although you might not use it directly, you probably encountered it while using the GBIF web portal:
- Typing a scientific name in the GBIF Occurrence search.
- Seeing a “Taxon Match Fuzzy” flag.
- Using the Species Name matching tool.
This API is what allow us to navigate through the names available on GBIF. I will try to avoid repeating what you can already find in its documentation. Instead, I will attempt to give an overview and answer some questions that we received in the past.