You need to use taxonKey instead of scientificName:
http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/count?isGeoreferenced=TRUE&taxonKey=29...
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On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 1:14 PM Mauro Cavalcanti maurobio@gmail.com wrote:
Dear ALL,
Is there a way to retrieve the number of georeferenced records for a given scientific name using a GBIF API call?
I tried something like " http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/count?ScientificName=Vicia+faba" but it of course didn't work.
I realize this is a rather silly question, but most of the time I only access the GBIF API using Python (via pygibf) or R (via rgbif), and therefore I'm not used to direct calls to the API (what a shame!).
Thanks in advance for any assistance you can provide?
Best regards,
-- Dr. Mauro J. Cavalcanti E-mail: maurobio@gmail.com Web: http://sites.google.com/site/maurobio "Life is complex. It consists of real and imaginary parts."