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iNaturalist

Citizen-science observations with photos, research-grade identifications and places.

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About this source

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 the source is connected.

Look up a gene or protein and list its database identifiers and known pathways.

What comes back: Entries with accessions you can open at the source.

What the assistant can do with it

The 2 tools this server offers to Kahubi. The assistant picks the right one for each question.

  • inat_search_taxa

    Find taxa by common or scientific name.

  • inat_search_observations

    Observations by taxon id or name, optionally within a place (place_id), bounding box, date range, research grade only.

Good to know

  • 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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