You need to use taxonKey instead of scientificName: http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/count?isGeoreferenced=TRUE&taxonKey=2974832
-------------------------------------------------- *Matthew Neilson, PhD* U.S. Geological Survey Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program Wetlands and Aquatic Research Center 7920 NW 71st Street Gainesville, FL 32653 -------------------------------------------------- (352) 264-3519 mneil...@usgs.gov http://nas.er.usgs.gov http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5139-5677 On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 1:14 PM Mauro Cavalcanti <mauro...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear ALL, > > Is there a way to retrieve the number of georeferenced records for a given > scientific name using a GBIF API call? > > I tried something like " > http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/count?ScientificName=Vicia+faba"; but it > of course didn't work. > > I realize this is a rather silly question, but most of the time I only > access the GBIF API using Python (via pygibf) or R (via rgbif), and > therefore I'm not used to direct calls to the API (what a shame!). > > Thanks in advance for any assistance you can provide? > > Best regards, > > -- > Dr. Mauro J. Cavalcanti > E-mail: mauro...@gmail.com > Web: http://sites.google.com/site/maurobio > "Life is complex. It consists of real and imaginary parts." >
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