cyanheads/gbif-biodiversity-mcp-server

tools

• basisOfRecord

  enum: HUMAN_OBSERVATION, PRESERVED_SPECIMEN, MACHINE_OBSERVATION, and more

• extinct

  field present only when explicitly flagged — not false on unlabeled taxa

• gbif_count_occurrences

  Count occurrences matching a filter without fetching records — fast single-number response

• 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, 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 complete parent chain for a taxon — root-first ordered array from kingdom to immediate parent

• 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, and more

• gbif_search_datasets

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

• gbif_search_occurrences

  Search 2.4B+ GBIF occurrence records with Darwin Core filters — country, bounding box, WKT geometry, year, month, basis of record

• 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, kingdom, family, or genus

• hasCoordinate

  to require or exclude georeferenced records

• isExtinct

  filter for extinct vs. extant taxa

• numConstituents

  for aggregate datasets (e.g. iNaturalist, eBird)

• numDescendants

  and numOccurrences for scope at a glance

• publishedIn

  carries the original description citation when available

• taxonomicStatus

  ACCEPTED, SYNONYM, DOUBTFUL — when SYNONYM, acceptedKey and accepted identify the current name