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GBIF Occurrences

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GBIF species occurrence records — search 1.3B+ georeferenced observations by country, taxon, and Darwin Core basis of record.

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GBIF species occurrence records — search 1.3B+ georeferenced observations by country, taxon, and Darwin Core basis of record.

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Setup

A few steps to connect your AI agents to GBIF Occurrences.

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  1. 1

    Enable Environmental APIs

    Set ENABLE_ENVIRONMENTAL_APIS=true for your deployment.

  2. 2

    Toggle Connector On

    Open /mcp and turn on GBIF Occurrences with the environmental switch.

  3. 3

    Start Querying

    Ask your AI agent about GBIF species occurrence records — filter by taxon, country, dataset, or coordinates.

Connect to your AI assistant

Pick the tool your team uses for the exact setup steps.

  1. 1

    Open Claude settings

    Launch Claude, click the profile button (bottom left), and go to Settings.

  2. 2

    Access connectors

    Open the Connectors tab, scroll to the bottom, and click “Add custom connector”.

  3. 3

    Name your connector

    Enter any name you’d like for this connector.

  4. 4

    Get the connector URL

    Log in to PatchOps, open the /mcp page, and copy the connector URL you want to use.

  5. 5

    Add the connector

    Paste the URL into the “Remote MCP server URL” box and click Add.

  6. 6

    Start using

    Your GBIF Occurrences connector is ready to use in Claude.