Gbif Mcp

io.github.mrfentmenPublished by GitHub account mrfentmenv1.0.1Updated Nov 8, 2026

MCP server for GBIF species taxonomy and biodiversity occurrence search.

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Overview

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Local MCP server backed by GBIF that lets an assistant match species names, inspect taxonomy, and search public biodiversity occurrence records.

What you can do
  • Match a scientific or common name to a GBIF taxon
  • Fetch taxonomy metadata for a taxon by GBIF usage key
  • Search public occurrence records by taxon, country, year, or bounding box
When to use it
Useful for ecology, field research, and natural-history questions where you want to normalize species names, check taxonomy, or gather public observation records as research leads.
Requirements
Runs as a local Node.js process installed from the npm package gbif-mcp (install, build, then start the built entry point). No API key or environment variables are required; network access to GBIF is needed.
Before you install
Occurrence records come from many datasets with differing licenses and coordinate precision, and results are research leads rather than proof of presence or absence. Results are described as bounded; no credentials are requested.

Installation

In SourceWeft

  1. Open Gbif Mcp in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
  2. Enable the server for the chats that should use its tools.

Desktop only via STDIO. STDIO servers start a local process, so they need the SourceWeft desktop host.

Other MCP clients

Follow the launch instructions in the repository.

README

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

bash
npm installnpm run buildnode dist/index.js

Source: README.md at commit 6a2baeb

Tools

0
SourceWeft has not started this package in its sandbox yet, so its tools are not known.

Version history

1
  1. v1.0.0Sep 22, 2026

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