gbif_search_occurrences

MCP tool from Gbif Biodiversity MCP Server by cyanheads

Search 3.9B+ GBIF occurrence records with Darwin Core filters — country, publishing country, state/province, bounding box, WKT geometry, year, month, basis of record, presence/absence, IUCN Red List category

How to use it

Project documentation lists gbif_search_occurrences for the Gbif Biodiversity MCP Server MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), then check which tools your installed version makes available. Tool availability can depend on configuration and credentials. A server handshake does not verify this tool’s behavior. See the full listing for setup details.

Install Gbif Biodiversity MCP Server

$bunx @cyanheads/gbif-biodiversity-mcp-server@latest
FULL GBIF BIODIVERSITY MCP SERVER LISTING

Other tools in Gbif Biodiversity MCP Server (12)

gbif_bulk_match_species

Match up to 50 scientific names to backbone taxon keys in one call — results in input order, per-name NONE/ERROR isolation

gbif_count_occurrences

Count occurrences matching a filter without fetching records — fast single-number response, filtered to sightings by default

gbif_get_dataset

Fetch full dataset metadata by UUID — title, description, citation, contacts, license, DOI, coverage

gbif_get_occurrence

Fetch a single occurrence record by key — full Darwin Core record with GADM geography, presence/absence status, conservation status, media, and quality flags

gbif_get_species

Fetch a single backbone taxon by key — full classification, authorship, synonymy, vernacular name, descendant count

gbif_get_species_children

List direct children of a backbone taxon — genera within a family, species within a genus

gbif_get_species_classification

Return the root-to-parent classification chain for a taxon — root-first ordered array from kingdom to the queried taxon's immediate parent (the taxon itself is not included)

gbif_match_species

Match a species name against the GBIF backbone taxonomy — returns taxonKey, confidence score, and full classification

gbif_occurrence_facets

Aggregate occurrence counts by a dimension — country, year, basis of record, dataset, kingdom, presence/absence, IUCN Red List category

gbif_search_datasets

Search GBIF datasets by keyword, type, country, publishing organization, or hosting organization

gbif_search_publishers

Search GBIF-registered publishing organizations by name fragment or country

gbif_search_species

Search or browse the GBIF backbone taxonomy by name fragment, rank, or a kingdom, family, or genus name resolved to its backbone key