About iNaturalist
Find taxa by common or scientific name and list observations by taxon, place, date range and quality grade, with coordinates and observer. Complements GBIF with recent, photo-backed records.
Questions you can ask iNaturalist
Type them into Kahubi’s chat once iNaturalist is connected.
“Where has the invasive Spanish slug (Arion vulgaris) been observed in Sweden since 2020?”
What comes back: Research-grade observations with date, place, coordinates and observer.
“How many observations of the white-backed woodpecker are there in Finland?”
What comes back: The taxon with its observation count, and recent observations with locations.
iNaturalist MCP tools
The 2 tools the iNaturalist server offers to Kahubi. The assistant picks the right one for each question.
inat_search_taxaFind taxa by common or scientific name.
inat_search_observationsObservations by taxon id or name, optionally within a place (place_id), bounding box, date range, research grade only.
Using iNaturalist in Kahubi
- Hosted by Kahubi. Kahubi runs this server itself so it stays reliable enough for research use.
- Cited, checkable answers. Results are treated as retrieved material and cited with the source’s own identifiers, so you can open every record the answer relied on.
- Your files stay private. Only the search the assistant writes for your question is sent to iNaturalist.
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- UniProtThe universal protein knowledgebase: function, disease links, domains, locations and structures for every known protein.