# gbif-biodiversity-mcp-server MCP Server

Search GBIF species taxonomy, occurrence records, datasets, and publishers.

**Tools observed.** Pod connected on 2026-09-05 and the server listed 13 tools directly. Verified.

## Status

Pod connected to gbif-biodiversity-mcp-server on 2026-09-05. It answered and listed its tools, responding in 5800ms.

It identifies itself as `gbif-biodiversity-mcp-server` version 0.7.3, speaking sse. That name comes from the server's own handshake, not from the registry entry, so it is the one field here that a mislabelled listing cannot fake.

## Tools

Pod observed 13 tools when it connected:

- `gbif_match_species`
- `gbif_bulk_match_species`
- `gbif_get_species`
- `gbif_search_species`
- `gbif_get_species_classification`
- `gbif_get_species_children`
- `gbif_search_occurrences`
- `gbif_count_occurrences`
- `gbif_get_occurrence`
- `gbif_occurrence_facets`
- `gbif_search_datasets`
- `gbif_get_dataset`
- `gbif_search_publishers`

## Connect

A hosted endpoint at `https://gbif-biodiversity.caseyjhand.com/mcp`, over streamable-http. Nothing to install.

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gbif-biodiversity-mcp-server": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://gbif-biodiversity.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

Published as `@cyanheads/gbif-biodiversity-mcp-server` on npm. Runs locally.

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gbif-biodiversity-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/gbif-biodiversity-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Published as `@cyanheads/gbif-biodiversity-mcp-server` on npm. Runs locally.

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gbif-biodiversity-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/gbif-biodiversity-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Firsthand observations

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## For agents

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