- name
- pipeworx-gbif
- description
- Global biodiversity data — search species, retrieve taxonomy, and find georeferenced occurrence records via GBIF
- version
- 1.0.0
- metadata
- openclaw
- requires
- bins
- emoji
- 🦎
- homepage
- https://pipeworx.io/packs/gbif
GBIF — Global Biodiversity Information Facility
GBIF aggregates biodiversity data from thousands of institutions worldwide — over 2 billion occurrence records. Search the taxonomic backbone, get species classification details, and retrieve georeferenced observations filtered by country.
Tools
search_species— Full-text search across the GBIF species backbone (e.g., "Homo sapiens", "oak", "Panthera leo")get_species— Detailed taxonomic record by GBIF taxon key: kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genusget_occurrences— Georeferenced observation records for a taxon, optionally filtered by ISO country code
Ideal for
- Ecological research — where has a species been observed?
- Conservation tools that need range maps based on real observations
- Taxonomy lookups for scientific or educational content
- Biodiversity dashboards comparing species richness across countries
Example: wolf sightings in Germany
# First, search for the species
curl -s -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/gbif/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_species","arguments":{"query":"Canis lupus","limit":1}}}'
# Then get occurrences with the taxon key, filtered to Germany
curl -s -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/gbif/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_occurrences","arguments":{"key":5219173,"country":"DE","limit":10}}}'MCP config
{
"mcpServers": {
"pipeworx-gbif": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "mcp-remote@latest", "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/gbif/mcp"]
}
}
}