Thanks Markus, that's really helpful! Best, Gabi
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Markus Döring [mailto:mdoer...@gbif.org] Gesendet: Montag, 8. Februar 2021 17:35 An: Dröge, Gabriele; api-users@lists.gbif.org Betreff: Re: [API-users] extinct taxa in GBIF API Hi Gabi, The GBIF API follows the older TDWG model and uses species profile records to indicate extinct taxa, see https://www.gbif.org/developer/species#nameUsages In case of Amplibuteo concordatus this is: http://api.gbif.org/v1/species/8522384/speciesProfiles Be aware that in case we get multiple profiles for the same species the Backbone does not merge them and you could in theory get a list of contradicting profiles, i.e. one says extinct the other says it isn’t. But mostly they make sense :) Markus > On 8. Feb 2021, at 15:58, Dröge, Gabriele <g.dro...@bgbm.org> wrote: > > Hello GBIF team, > > I was wondering if there is a way to flag extinct taxa in the GBIF backbone > api? > > e.g. http://api.gbif.org/v1/species?name=Amplibuteo%20concordatus > > is marked as extinct in the CoL (coming originally from PalaeoDB). For using > the backbone it would be very useful to distinguish between extinct and > recent taxa. > > Best, > Gabi > _______________________________________________ > API-users mailing list > API-users@lists.gbif.org > https://lists.gbif.org/mailman/listinfo/api-users _______________________________________________ API-users mailing list API-users@lists.gbif.org https://lists.gbif.org/mailman/listinfo/api-users
