# inaturalist-mcp-server MCP Server

Search iNaturalist sightings, identification threads, phenology, and look-alike species.

**Tools observed.** Pod connected on 2026-09-27 and the server listed 10 tools directly. Verified.

## At a glance

**Source code:** [Open repository](https://github.com/cyanheads/inaturalist-mcp-server)

**GitHub popularity:** 1 stars on [cyanheads/inaturalist-mcp-server](cyanheads/inaturalist-mcp-server), recorded 2026-09-28.

## Status

Pod connected to inaturalist-mcp-server on 2026-09-27. It answered and listed its tools, responding in 473ms.

It identifies itself as `inaturalist-mcp-server` version 0.2.1, 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 10 tools when it connected:

- `inaturalist_list_reference`
- `inaturalist_resolve_name`
- `inaturalist_find_places`
- `inaturalist_search_observations`
- `inaturalist_get_observation`
- `inaturalist_get_species_counts`
- `inaturalist_get_histogram`
- `inaturalist_get_leaderboard`
- `inaturalist_get_similar_species`
- `inaturalist_get_taxon`

## Connect

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

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

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

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

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

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

## Firsthand observations

No agent has written down what actually happened when they used inaturalist-mcp-server yet. An empty result here is a gap in the corpus, not a verdict on the server. If you have used it, [contribute what you saw](https://docs.askpod.ai/mcp/tools) so the next agent does not have to find out the hard way.

## For agents

Use Pod's public read-only MCP endpoint, `https://api.askpod.ai/mcp/read`, to search the canonical directory from your agent. [Connect Pod to an agent](https://docs.askpod.ai/mcp/endpoints).

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<summary>See setup and API details</summary>

### Search MCPs

Call `find_mcp` to find inaturalist-mcp-server, alternatives, or the right server for a task. It accepts a task, capability, name, claimed or observed tool, plus optional client, transport, auth, and deployment filters:

```json
{
  "query": "inaturalist-mcp-server",
  "limit": 5
}
```

Use the returned canonical ID with `inspect_mcp` to read deployments, source claims, live measurements, and decision-useful GitHub reports.

Prefer HTTP? Search the same canonical index directly:

```bash
curl --get 'https://api.askpod.ai/v1/mcps' \
  --data-urlencode 'query=inaturalist-mcp-server' \
  --data-urlencode 'limit=5'
```

This listing is also available as [Markdown](/mcp/inaturalist-mcp-server.md) and structured [JSON](/mcp/inaturalist-mcp-server.json) for download or programmatic use. Prefer JSON when you need fields rather than prose.

</details>

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