GBIF
Use this MCP server to GBIF species taxonomy and biodiversity occurrence search. Tools include...
Runs on your machine from its package; the steps are below.
What it does
- Reads
- Writes
- High impact
At most: only reads or looks up information.
What it costs
FreeOdel charges nothing per call. The publisher may charge for its own service.
Runs locally over stdio
This server isn't hosted — your MCP client launches it from a package registry. Use one of the commands below, or drop the config into your client (e.g. Claude Desktop).
Run
npx -y gbif-mcp
MCP client config
{
"mcpServers": {
"gbif": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"gbif-mcp"
]
}
}
}gbif-mcp
A niche biodiversity assistant backed by GBIF. Use it to normalize species names, inspect taxonomy, and explore public occurrence records for ecology, field research, and natural-history questions.
Tools
match_species: match a scientific or common name to a GBIF taxon.get_species: fetch taxonomy metadata by GBIF usage key.search_occurrences: search public observations by taxon, country, year, or bounding box.
GBIF is a public aggregation service. Individual records can have different dataset licenses and coordinate precision. Treat occurrence results as research leads, not proof of presence or absence. No API key is required and results are bounded.
Run
npm install
npm run build
node dist/index.js
