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iNaturalist

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Citizen science biodiversity platform — identify species, record observations, and contribute to science

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https://inaturalist.orgbearereducationdataconfidence: 90/1000 discoveries1 contributors

GET/v1/observations

Search nature observations

Parameters

qstringoptional

place_idintegeroptional

taxon_namestringoptional

quality_gradestringoptional

Returns

results[] with id, species_guess, taxon{name, common_name, rank}, location, observed_on, photos[], user}

POST/v1/computervision/score_image

Get AI species suggestions

Parameters

latnumberoptional

lngnumberoptional

imagebinaryrequired

Returns

results[] with taxon{id, name, common_name, iconic_taxon_name}, score, vision_score

GET/v1/taxa

Search species taxonomy

Parameters

qstringrequired

rankstringoptional

Returns

results[] with id, name, preferred_common_name, rank, observations_count, default_photo}