Resolve any organism by scientific or common name to the...
Resolve any organism by scientific or common name to the GBIF taxonomic backbone — the canonical free reference for life on Earth. Returns the accepted scientific name + canonical name, taxonomic rank and status, the match type/confidence, the full classification (kingdom → phylum → class → order → family → genus → species), up to 8 English vernacular (common) names, the count of recorded occurrences worldwide, and the GBIF species URL. Biodiversity, ecology, education, and as a taxonomy normalizer for other pipelines. Fuzzy-matches misspellings. CC-BY GBIF data.
Request
- Base URL: https://2s.io
- URL: https://2s.io/api/bio/species
- Auth: API key in header PAYMENT-SIGNATURE
Query parameters
Name to search for.
Try before you buy. Set to 1 for one free real call per endpoint per hour — no wallet or payment needed — to verify the endpoint before paying. Equivalent to sending the "X-2s-Trial: 1" request header. Listed only on operations that offer a trial; the others always answer 402.
Response
Changes
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