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gbif biodiversity mcp server MCP

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io.github.cyanheads/gbif-biodiversity-mcp-server

Search GBIF species taxonomy, occurrence records, datasets, and publishers.

transport:streamable-http runtime:npm tools:13

Target client

run in your project directory

claude mcp add --transport http gbif-biodiversity-mcp-server https://gbif-biodiversity.caseyjhand.com/mcp

setup guides: Claude Code Claude Desktop Cursor VS Code Zed Windsurf Cline Gemini CLI Grok ChatGPT Claude.ai LangChain

Adds it for this project only. Append --scope user to make it available everywhere. Claude Code docs

gbif_match_species

gbif match species

gbif_bulk_match_species

gbif bulk match species

gbif_get_species

gbif get species

gbif_search_species

gbif search species

gbif_get_species_classification

gbif get species classification

gbif_get_species_children

gbif get species children

gbif_search_occurrences

gbif search occurrences

gbif_count_occurrences

gbif count occurrences

gbif_get_occurrence

gbif get occurrence

gbif_occurrence_facets

gbif occurrence facets

gbif_search_datasets

gbif search datasets

gbif_get_dataset

gbif get dataset

gbif_search_publishers

gbif search publishers

All 13 tools, one page each

1 resource you attach as context

Mutating and Read-only are read off each tool's name, not its schema — a hint, not a guarantee. Check the server's own documentation before granting access.