# IUCN Red List Status Lookup by Species Name

> IUCN Red List Status Lookup by Species Name is a paid API for AI agents from biodiversity.x402tookit.com, paid per call via x402, $0.03/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-29).

Returns the IUCN Red List conservation category (EX to LC) for a species given its scientific name, including the category meaning and whether the species is considered threatened.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://biodiversity.x402tookit.com/iucn-status?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.03/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-29
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/iucn-red-list-status-lookup-by-species-name-54299147
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_7Nj52eXEic9WgdwZ823-2

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability iucn-red-list-status-lookup-by-species-name-54299147
```

Example prompt: What is the IUCN Red List conservation status of Panthera tigris — is it threatened, and what does the category mean?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need the official IUCN Red List conservation status and threat classification for a specific species identified by its scientific name. Prefer this over the sibling IUCN code decoder endpoint when you have a species name rather than a code, and over the full species profile endpoint when you only need conservation status and not taxonomy or observation data. Best suited for conservation research, compliance checks, grant applications, and biodiversity reporting workflows.

## Known failure modes

- Species name not found in GBIF or IUCN database — returns null fields
- Ambiguous scientific name matching multiple taxa — may return best-guess or null
- Species assessed as DD (Data Deficient) or NE (Not Evaluated) — threatened field may be null
- Typos or informal names in query — not resolved; use species name resolver endpoint first
- IUCN data temporarily unavailable — degraded flag set to true with partial results

## How this service works

IUCN Red List category of a species (EX to LC) with its meaning and whether it counts as threatened.

## Output

Returns a structured object containing: the IUCN Red List code (e.g. CR, EN, VU, NT, LC, EX), the human-readable category label, a plain-English meaning of the category, a boolean indicating whether the species is threatened, the canonical species name, the taxon key, the assessment date, a summary narrative, reasons for the listing, a source URL, attribution, and optional disclaimer or degraded-data flags.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "name"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "name": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Scientific name, e.g. Panthera tigris"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "asOf": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "code": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "label": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "query": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "source": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "meaning": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "reasons": {
       "type": [
        "array",
        "null"
       ],
       "items": {
        "type": "string"
       }
      },
      "summary": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "verdict": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "category": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "degraded": {
       "type": [
        "boolean",
        "null"
       ]
      },
      "taxonKey": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "number"
       ]
      },
      "sourceUrl": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "disclaimer": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "notChecked": {
       "type": [
        "array",
        "null"
       ],
       "items": {
        "type": "string"
       }
      },
      "threatened": {
       "type": [
        "boolean",
        "null"
       ]
      },
      "attribution": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "canonicalName": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "str
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```

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