Skip to main content
Glama
Sign In
gbif-mcp

gbif-mcp

by tyson-swetnam
OverviewSchemaSourceRelated ServersDiscussionsAdmin
Remote

Related Servers

Alternatives to gbif-mcp

No user-submitted related servers found.

    Related Servers

    • mcp-gbif

      pipeworx-io
      A
      license
      Not graded
      quality
      B
      maintenance
      Enables querying biodiversity data from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) API v1, supporting species occurrence searches and other GBIF endpoints through natural language.
      466 npm
      MIT

    • .

      idss-mesa
      A
      license
      B
      quality
      B
      maintenance
      Enables AI assistants to search and retrieve global biodiversity data — species taxonomy, occurrence records, datasets, map tiles, literature citations and controlled vocabularies — through a standard tool interface. It exposes the source's API as dozens of typed, paginated tools that any MCP client can call.
      58
      289 npm
      MIT

    • mcp-trefle

      pipeworx-io
      A
      license
      Not graded
      quality
      B
      maintenance
      Enables querying a global plant database with over 1 million species, providing access to plant records and species search via natural language.
      206 npm
      MIT

    • iDigBio MCP Server

      pipeworx-io
      A
      license
      Not graded
      quality
      B
      maintenance
      Enables AI agents to search roughly 150 million digitized natural-history museum specimen records (plants, animals, fossils) from US collections, filtered by taxonomy and locality, and to retrieve the full normalized record for any single specimen by its uuid. It also returns taxonomic or geographic specimen counts grouped by a chosen field, optionally narrowed by the same filters, with no API key required.
      483 npm
      MIT
    • ALA API MCP Server

      ALA API MCP Serverofficial

      AtlasOfLivingAustralia
      A
      license
      Not graded
      quality
      Not graded
      maintenance
      Enables interaction with the Atlas of Living Australia API to search and access 152+ million biodiversity records. Supports occurrence searches, spatial queries, bulk data downloads, and taxonomic data retrieval through natural language.
      MIT

    • ITIS MCP

      pipeworx-io
      A
      license
      Not graded
      quality
      B
      maintenance
      Enables AI agents to resolve scientific names to Taxonomic Serial Numbers, traverse complete taxonomic lineages from kingdom to children, and retrieve vernacular names in all languages from an authoritative US-government taxonomy.
      383 npm
      1
      MIT
    Deploy Server
    One endpoint for every MCP toolRayrun runs every MCP server behind one URL and holds the credentials. Each call is decided per client, tool, and argument, then recorded.ray.runAd

    TDQS

    B3.3/5.0

    Scored across 58 tools

    Disambiguation4/5

    Domain prefixes (registry/species/occurrence/maps/literature/vocabularies/validator) make most tools clearly distinguishable, and the many counts_by_* tools are well-differentiated by facet. Minor ambiguity exists between gbif_maps_get_tile_url and gbif_maps_get_raster_tile_url, and between gbif_vocabularies_get vs gbif_vocabularies_get_concept vs gbif_vocabularies_list.

    Naming Consistency3/5

    A consistent gbif_<domain>_<action> prefix is maintained across all tools, but the action ordering is mixed: many use verb_noun (gbif_species_search, gbif_registry_search_datasets) while registry and maps add noun-first variants (gbif_registry_dataset_metrics, gbif_maps_get_tile_url). Still readable but not a single predictable pattern.

    Tool Count2/5

    58 tools is well above the 25-tool threshold and feels heavy even for a broad API. Redundant families like seven gbif_occurrence_counts_by_* tools and three near-identical tile-URL tools inflate the surface beyond what an agent can easily navigate.

    Completeness4/5

    Coverage is broad and coherent: full registry discovery, species taxonomy, occurrence search/counts/verbatim, async download workflow (request/status/predicate builder), vocabulary lookup, literature, map tiles, and validation. Gaps are minor — largely read-only with no mutation tools, which is expected for GBIF, but a few operation types are absent.

    Maintenance

    ActivityMaintained
    ResponsivenessNo issues

    Resources