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Species Occurrence API - GBIF Sightings, Taxonomy

GBIF biodiversity data: occurrence records for any species (date, country, state, locality, coordinates, observer, institution, dataset, license) from 2+ billion observations and specimens, and species name matching with full taxonomy.

$0.08 per 1,000 rows

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What it returns

GBIF biodiversity data: occurrence records for any species (date, country, state, locality, coordinates, observer, institution, dataset, license) from 2+ billion observations and specimens, and species name matching with full taxonomy.

Request

POST https://api.pushbuild.com/gbif-species-occurrences/run with a JSON body. Send your key in the X-API-Key header.

FieldTypeDescription
modestring: occurrences, species Default: "occurrences".
scientificNamestringe.g. Puma concolor; species mode: comma separated
countrystringTwo-letter code
stateProvincestring
yearstringe.g. 2025 or 2020,2025
basisOfRecordstringe.g. HUMAN_OBSERVATION, PRESERVED_SPECIMEN
maxItemsintegerMaximum items to return (1-500). Default: 100.

Example

curl -X POST https://api.pushbuild.com/gbif-species-occurrences/run \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"scientificName": "Puma concolor", "maxItems": 20}'

Response

{"count": 20, "truncated": false, "seconds": 1.4, "items": [ { ... } ]}

Each call returns up to 500 items. Records that fail validation or are not found are flagged in the items and not charged.

Pricing

Pay only for results returned: $0.08 per 1,000 rows. No charge for errors or empty searches.

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