MCP serverio.github.cyanheads/inaturalist-mcp-server
Search iNaturalist sightings, identification threads, phenology, and look-alike species.
Overview
Score?
UNRATED 0.481
of what a free look can see, on 14 looks
Looks
16
last 1 hr ago
Tools
10
changed 10 days ago
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URL
inaturalist.caseyjhand.com/mcp
streamable-http
Says it is
inaturalist-mcp-server 0.2.1
protocol 2025-06-18
In the record since
13 days ago
Among servers18,413 with a card
0median 0.606 · this server 0.481 · highest on record 0.8561
Toolsfrom sha256:be756098a1…1b5a55 · +0 −0 10 days ago
| Tool | Schema |
|---|---|
| inaturalist_find_places Resolve a place name to a place id, or list the places containing a map area. Pass q to match a place-name PREFIX, or all four of nelat, nelng, swlat and swlng to list every place |
input · output |
| inaturalist_get_histogram Build a phenology histogram for a taxon in an area — which months, weeks, or years it is recorded in. The default month_of_year interval answers "when does this bloom or appear her |
input · output |
| inaturalist_get_leaderboard Rank the most active observers or identifiers for an area, period, and taxon — who knows this place or this group. kind selects which: observers are ranked by how many observations |
input · output |
| inaturalist_get_observation Fetch up to 10 observations by id with their community identification thread — who identified what, whether each identification agrees, and the consensus taxon the community landed |
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| inaturalist_get_similar_species List the taxa this one is most often misidentified as, ranked by how many times identifiers made the correction — the field-identification check before committing to a look-alike. |
input · output |
| inaturalist_get_species_counts Rank the distinct species recorded in an area and period, most-observed first — the "what lives here" answer, without paging through individual sightings. An area is given in exact |
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| inaturalist_get_taxon Fetch a taxon profile: the taxonomic path, per-authority conservation listings, the encyclopedia summary, the photo gallery, immediate children, and observation counts. Resolve a n |
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| inaturalist_list_reference Decode the vocabularies the other iNaturalist tools take as input: annotation attributes and values, quality grades, license codes, taxonomic ranks, iconic taxa, and IUCN conservat |
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| inaturalist_resolve_name Resolve a common or scientific name to a taxon id, or a place, project, or observer name to its id. Returns ranked candidates carrying the identifiers every other tool takes. A mis |
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| inaturalist_search_observations Search georeferenced wildlife sightings by area, date, taxon, quality grade, annotation, conservation status, observer, project, and licence. Returns a projected record per sightin |
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Verify it yourself
npx teppi-check https://inaturalist.caseyjhand.com/mcpcurl -s https://api.teppi.xyz/v1/trust/mcp/mcs_01M318QNG7MXPM2ZF1JEDWASS9