Species and Biodiversity

Parse a scientific name into genus, species epithet, subspecies or variety, authorship and year, and check capitalisation.

Resolve a species name (typos, old synonyms) to its accepted scientific name and full taxonomy, with match confidence.

Most-recorded species within a radius of a location (birds, mammals, plants and more), with observation counts.

Decode an IUCN Red List code (EX, EW, CR, EN, VU, NT, LC, DD, NE) into its category, meaning and threatened flag.

IUCN Red List category of a species (EX to LC) with its meaning and whether it counts as threatened.

Species profile in one call: accepted name, taxonomy, common name, IUCN status, record count and top countries where recorded.

Countries where a species has been recorded with record counts, and the recent five-year reporting trend.

Search species by common or scientific name; returns accepted species with taxonomy and common name.