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SYNTHORA GBIF Taxonomic Name Matcher
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SYNTHORA GBIF Taxonomic Name Matcher is a paid API for AI agents from gbif-species-name-match.hergertsynthora.com, paid per call via x402, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).
Matches a scientific or common species name to the GBIF backbone taxonomy, returning the authoritative taxon key, accepted name, rank, status, full lineage, and confidence score.
Price / call$0.001
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How this service works
Matches a scientific or common species name to the GBIF backbone taxonomy (api.gbif.org/v1/species/match), returning usageKey, accepted name, rank, status and full kingdom-to-species lineage with a confidence score. Autonomous agents and agent-to-agent (A2A) biodiversity, environmental-compliance and ecology pipelines use it to normalize taxa. Ranking surface: name to authoritative taxon with confidence.
Output
A JSON object containing: ok (boolean), and a result object with the GBIF usageKey, accepted scientific name, taxonomic rank (e.g. SPECIES), taxonomic status (e.g. ACCEPTED, SYNONYM), full lineage from kingdom through phylum, class, order, family, genus to species, and a confidence score (0–100) indicating match quality.
Example use cases
Normalize taxa in biodiversity pipeline
“I have a list of species names from field surveys — can you resolve 'Quercus robur' against the GBIF backbone and give me its authoritative usageKey, accepted name, rank, and full lineage so I can standardize the dataset?”
Environmental compliance species check
“We need to verify that 'Aquila chrysaetos' is a recognized, accepted species in GBIF with its correct taxonomic status and kingdom-to-species classification for our environmental impact report.”
Ecology research taxon resolution
“I'm building an ecology pipeline and need to resolve the common name 'European otter' to its accepted scientific name and GBIF usageKey — can you match it and tell me the confidence score and full taxonomic lineage?”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://gbif-species-name-match.hergertsynthora.com/serviceWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need to normalize, validate, or enrich species or taxon names against the authoritative GBIF backbone taxonomy — especially in biodiversity data pipelines, environmental compliance workflows, or ecology research contexts where a stable usageKey and full lineage are required. It is ideal for agent-to-agent (A2A) pipelines that need machine-readable taxonomic identifiers with confidence scores rather than free-text lookups.
Side effects
- Name not found in GBIF backbone — low confidence score or null result returned
- Ambiguous name matches multiple taxa — result may reflect best guess with reduced confidence
- Common name resolution may be language- or region-dependent, yielding unexpected taxon
- Misspelled or malformed name string returns low-confidence or empty match
- GBIF backbone may not include recently described or informal taxa
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| name | string | name |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"ok": true,
"niche": "gbif-species-name-match",
"result": {}
}
}Tags
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