Earth & environment
Species occurrence
Occurrence records from GBIF, filtered to openly licensed data.
1 credit / call|search_species_occurrence
Once connected, say this to your agent
Where has the monarch butterfly been recorded in Mexico since 2015?
SourcesGBIF
Works withClaude · ChatGPT · Codex · Cursor · Gemini CLI · REST API
Toolssearch_species_occurrence
Example
YOU SAY TO YOUR AGENT
Where has the monarch butterfly been recorded in Mexico since 2015?
On the right: the call your agent makes and the reply it got on 2026-10-13, shortened to the first records and a few of their fields.
search_species_occurrence({
"species": "monarch butterfly",
"country": "MX",
"year_from": 2015,
"limit": 5
})
{
"summary": "Danaus plexippus (species, GBIF 5133088): 700 CC0/CC BY occurrence records in MX, years 2015–…; returning 5.",
"records": [
{
"title": "Danaus plexippus — Nayarit, Mexico, 2026-01-04",
"url": "https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/5938448027",
"source": "gbif",
"data": {
"scientificName": "Danaus plexippus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)",
"latitude": 21.485018,
"longitude": -104.858626,
"date": "2026-01-04T16:18",
"basisOfRecord": "HUMAN_OBSERVATION",
"dataset": "iNaturalist research-grade observations",
"license": "CC BY 4.0"
}
}
],
"credits_used": 1
}What you get
- Coordinates, dates and licences
Good fit
- Ecology and conservation
Not for
- Non-commercial-only records
Similar capabilities
Frequently asked questions
Your agent calls search_species_occurrence over MCP. ScholarMuse queries GBIF and returns records, each with its source, licence and a link you can check.
No. It costs 1 credit per call, charged only when the call succeeds. A new account gets 50 credits once, valid for 30 days.
Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI and any other client that supports MCP.
Yes. The same tools (search_species_occurrence) are available over the REST API.